Month

July 2020
In Greene v. Westfield Insurance Company, 963 F.3d 619 (7th Cir. 2020), the Seventh Circuit affirmed the Northern District of Indiana’s entry of summary in favor of Westfield Insurance Company (“Westfield”) in a garnishment proceeding seeking to recover a $50.56 million default judgment entered against Westfield’s insured, VIM Recycling (VIM).  Westfield issued its first policy...
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You run a tavern.  After a reasonably quiet night you close at 3 am.  One of your customers had been there for a while, having friendly conversations with bartenders and other guests during the evening.  It was the habit of customers to hang out in the parking lot for a while after closing time, and...
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In October 2019, the Firm said good-bye to its old offices on North Shadeland Avenue in Indianapolis and moved into our new space at 9765 Randall Drive a few miles to the north in Carmel.  It took awhile, but our COVID-delayed new sign has now arrived and been installed.  We are no longer anonymous….and much...
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It would not seem to be a controversial idea that one who buys a cemetery plot remains entitled to it after discovering that the cemetery mistakenly re-sold it to another and then buried him in it.  But just such a case recently made it all the way to the Indiana Supreme Court (after two separate...
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