On Wednesday, November 27, 2013, the Indiana Court of Appeals handed down its decision in the case Bell v. The Bryant Company, Inc. The case addressed three issues of legal significance: (1) the interpretation of contracts; (2) the duties of an agent to its principal;...
Month: November 2013
Indiana Court Provides Guidance on Breadth of Medical Malpractice Act
Today, we return to one of our more frequent topics for discussion on the Hoosier Litigation Blog: the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act. Many of our prior discussions have looked at the procedural process of bringing a medical malpractice case in Indiana. Such...
Seventh Circuit Holds Lack of OSHA Regulation Cannot Provide Negative Inference in FLSA Case
After a couple weeks of silence here on the Hoosier Litigation Blog, due largely to a pressing workload that prevented me from issuing my weekly installment, we return to a case that I have been wanting to discuss for two weeks now. On October 30, 2013, the 7th...
Indiana Supreme Court Determines “Sporty Car at a Great Value Price” Does Not Mean “It is Safe to Operate”
Today our discussion looks at a decision from the Indiana Supreme Court that I have been anxiously anticipating ever since the court granted transfer at the end of January. In a prior installment, we discussed the court of appeals' decision in Kesling v. Hubler...