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Young v. Department of Local Government Finance — Indiana Tax Court Upholds 2023 Lake County Land Order and Clarifies Scope of DLGF Review

/ June 14, 2026

The Indiana Tax Court affirmed the DLGF’s approval of Lake County’s 2023 land order, rejecting challenges from a pro se petitioner and an intervenor to the order’s timing, sales data sufficiency, valuation methodology, and hearing notice; the court also clarified that DLGF review under Indiana Code § 6-1.1-4-13.6 is limited to county-wide base rates and does not extend to the application of those rates to individual parcels.

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Blair v. Fields — GAL Report Ten-Day Deadline Runs on Calendar Days, Not Business Days; New T.R. 7(D) Governs Continuance Motions

/ June 11, 2026

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed a custody modification to Mother, holding that a GAL report filed electronically ten calendar days before a hearing was timely — the ten-day deadline runs on calendar days, not business days — and that Indiana’s new Trial Rule 7(D) requires continuance motions to include timing estimates or risk procedural denial.

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Hawkins v. Anonymous Medical Providers — Court of Appeals Affirms That Opioid Treatment Claims Fall Under Medical Malpractice Act

/ June 8, 2026

The Indiana Court of Appeals holds that claims against an opioid treatment program for failing to warn a patient about driving risks while on methadone fall under Indiana’s Medical Malpractice Act, even when the injured party is a third-party motorist.

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Gerou v. State — Court of Appeals Reverses Felony Intimidation Convictions, Holds DCS Is Not a ‘Government’ Under Terrorism Statute

/ June 8, 2026

The Indiana Court of Appeals reverses three Level 5 felony intimidation convictions, holding that DCS is a ‘governmental entity’ but not a ‘government’ under Indiana’s terrorism definition statute, and remands for entry of lesser-included misdemeanor convictions.

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Pennington v. Beacon Health — Court of Appeals Reverses After Trial Court Allowed Nonparty Defense Naming Parties Already Found Not at Fault

/ June 8, 2026

The Indiana Court of Appeals reverses a defense verdict, holding that Beacon Health improperly raised a nonparty fault defense naming pool designers whose lack of negligence had already been determined on summary judgment.

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Burton v. State — Indiana Court of Appeals Holds ‘Fugitive from Justice’ Does Not Require Interstate Flight

/ June 8, 2026

The Indiana Court of Appeals departs from nearly forty years of precedent, holding that the assisting a criminal statute does not require proof that the person assisted fled across state lines to qualify as a ‘fugitive from justice.’

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Wemes v. State — Court of Appeals Upholds THC-in-Blood Statute, Rejects Hemp Legalization and Federal Preemption Arguments

/ June 8, 2026

The Indiana Court of Appeals holds that the State need not prove THC in a driver’s blood came from illegal marijuana rather than legal hemp to sustain vehicular homicide charges, rejecting both statutory and federal preemption arguments.

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Court of Appeals of Indiana

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White v. State — Implied Mistrial Consent Bars Double Jeopardy Defense After Three Murder Trials

/ June 8, 2026

The Indiana Court of Appeals affirms a murder conviction after three trials, holding that the defendant tacitly consented to the mistrial that triggered retrials by failing to object during an off-the-record chambers discussion—foreclosing his double jeopardy defense. The court also upholds a 70-year sentence and a consecutive firearm enhancement under Indiana Code section 35-50-2-11.