State Supreme Court lets decision on case heard at M'ville High stand

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court will not decide a case it heard last month at Merrillville High School.

Region thief gets OK for late appeal

INDIANAPOLIS | The untimely death of his attorney will enable an East Chicago man sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for an eight-month Highland crime spree to appeal his convictions despite missing a key deadline.

Court finds Hammond killer Komyatti at fault in bike crash

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that a Hammond native brutally disfigured in a bike accident, one month after finishing 27 years in prison for his role in the 1983 murder of his father, has only himself to blame.

EDITORIAL: Expand merit selection for judges

Mediation failed to resolve the feud over filling the Lake Juvenile Court vacancy. So now it's up to the Indiana Supreme Court to order that state law be obeyed.

Using wrong mail service dooms LaPorte woman's malpractice claim

INDIANAPOLIS | Even as it teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, the U.S. Postal Service often remains the best choice for mailing legal documents — as a LaPorte woman learned Thursday.

Driver in fatal M'ville DUI gets seven years taken off prison term

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals has reduced the prison term of a Winfield man who, while driving drunk and fleeing Merrillville police in 2006, struck and killed a motorcyclist, Kirk John Mitchell.

Court rules in Cedar Lake's favor in Park Board dispute

CEDAR LAKE | The Indiana Court of Appeals has found in favor of Cedar Lake in the matter involving its former Park Board.

Appeals court upholds cold case conviction in Black Oak murder

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed the 2011 murder conviction of a former Gary man for the 1992 killing of a woman in Gary's Black Oak neighborhood.

Indiana Supreme Court clarifies maximum punishment for misdemeanors

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday the maximum one-year "term of imprisonment" for a misdemeanor crime includes only time spent in jail or on probation and not any suspended portion of a sentence.

RailCats foul ball lawsuit strikes out

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled a woman struck by a foul ball and injured at a Gary SouthShore RailCats game cannot sue the team because the danger of foul balls is well-known and baseball fans have an obligation to protect themselves.

Senate votes to eliminate mandatory retirement age for appellate court judges

INDIANAPOLIS | One day after 85-year-old Pope Benedict XVI announced his abdication due to advanced age, the Indiana Senate voted 36-12 Tuesday to eliminate the mandatory retirement age for state Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.

Court upholds malpractice judgment against Nose Doc

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a second medical malpractice judgment on Thursday against Mark Weinberger, the Merrillville nose doctor sentenced in October to seven years in federal prison for health care fraud.

False imprisonment judgment upheld against state police

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld a $300,000 civil judgment against the Indiana State Police after a trooper was found to have falsely imprisoned two Northwest Indiana men following a traffic stop on the Indiana Toll Road in Porter County.

Appeals court affirms 65-year sentence in Griffith homicide

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the murder conviction and 65-year prison term of Robert Davis, the Chicago man who shot and killed Parrish Myles at Griffith's Mansards Apartments on July 22, 2011.

Appellate court upholds Porter County molest conviction

The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the child molestation conviction of Matthew Parks, who was found guilty in 2011 of fondling a 13-year-old girl on several occasions in Wheatfield and Porter.

Appeals court rejects sentence reduction request in LaPorte coach sex case

INDIANAPOLIS | A former LaPorte High School volleyball coach, convicted of four felonies following a two-year sexual relationship with a student-athlete, must serve his full 21-year prison sentence, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Friday.

Indiana Supreme Court ruling blocks transparency in health care pricing

INDIANAPOLIS | Dealing a major blow to free-market pricing for health care, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Wednesday hospitals can charge uninsured patients their highest possible rates for services without disclosing in advance how much a patient might be expected to pay.

80-year prison sentence for Gary child molester reinstated

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Supreme Court on Wednesday restored the 80-year prison sentence of a Gary man who molested two girls over a two-year period.

LaPorte High athletic director may face trial in failure to report abuse

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Court of Appeals on Monday cleared the way for a trial to determine whether the LaPorte High School athletic director should have reported child abuse he allegedly knew took place.

Appeals court: Second region sex offender not required to register

INDIANAPOLIS | For the second time in less than a month, the Indiana Court of Appeals has declared it unconstitutional to require a Northwest Indiana man to register as a sex offender.