This week, we revisit the question of when a business owes a duty to protect patrons from injuries due to criminal acts of third-parties after the Indiana Court of Appeals held that a bar owes a duty to patrons injured by a fistfight in the parking lot after closing.
This week we look at the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision in City of Hammond v. Herman & Kittle Properties, Inc. that recognized that unconstitutional provisions in Indiana statutes are presumed severable unless that presumption is rebutted in accordance with Ind. Code § 1–1–1–8.
After a brief recap of seven notable decisions from the Indiana Court of Appeals, we examine the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision in Horejs v. Milford, which held that the claims for loss of consortium by the lone beneficiary of a wrongful-death estate survive the beneficiary’s death and may be pursued by his estate as a survivor action regardless of whether he has a will or natural heirs at law.