By now you have certainly heard someone use the phrase “don’t make a federal case out of it.” While the phrase clearly has little application to how the law works, it does raise the concept that somehow a federal case means more than just a normal case. With this...
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were just walking down the street and out of nowhere something fell on you and seriously injured you? If this thought has crossed your mind then you may have followed it down the logical trail and realized the serious...
We have all seen it on TV or in a movie; a smoke filled room nestled away in some big city police station with a wily old veteran detective staring down a perp trying to get him to crack. Then, the suspect shoots back, “You got nothin’ on me. That was 10 years ago....
This past week the Indiana Court of Appeals had an opportunity to revisit and to further develop Indiana breach of contract law. Specifically, the court weighed in on the issue of whether the requirement of the payment of $100,000 in earnest money for the $4 million...
A few months ago, in this author’s first post for the Hoosier Litigation Blog, Think Before You Wave, we discussed the Indiana Court of Appeals decision in Key v. Hamilton. That decision was issued on February 28, 2012, however, it may surprise you that the case was...