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Litigation, Trials and Appeals
In the seminal case interpreting Indiana’s post-Kelo eminent domain legislation, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of KDDK’s clients, the Guzzo family in Guzzo v. Town of St. John, 2023 Ind. App. Lexis 11 (Jan. 19, 2023). This Court ruled the Guzzo’s were entitled to recover from the condemning Town of St....
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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn has been ranked as one of America’s “Best Law Firms” for 2023 as compiled collaboratively by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers®. “All three tier rankings represent the highest-level feedback a firm can receive and demonstrate the best in the legal industry across the United States,” according to...
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Again this year, the KDDK team is honored to have multiple attorneys receive recognition from The Best Lawyers in America©. Three KDDK attorneys have been recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” in Evansville for specific practice areas including Monica Edwards, Real Estate Law; Mark Samila, Corporate Law; and Jeffrey Ahlers, Labor Law – Management. “Lawyer of...
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Kahn, Dees, Donovan & Kahn, LLP is pleased to announce that six attorneys have been named as 2022 Indiana Super Lawyers® by Thomson Reuters publishers. Mark SamilaMike Schopmeyer Partners Mark S. Samila and G. Michael Schopmeyer were recognized as 2022 Indiana Super Lawyers in the practice area of Business and Corporate Law. Schopmeyer has been...
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Small claims litigants may recall that Governor Holcomb took similar action last year when he raised the cap from $6,000 to $8,000. Effective July 1, 2021, this amount was again increased to $10,000 across the entire state of Indiana.
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On November 25, 2020, Abercrombie & Fitch received the crushing news that the Indiana Court of Appeals was not buying their argument that “the current uncertainty regarding the impact of COVID-19” entitled them to unilaterally void a lease arrangement with Simon Properties under which the parties had operated for over two months.  The Indiana Court...
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The cap on small claims disputes in Indiana will increase from $6,000 to $8,000 beginning July 1, 2020, granting more parties access to the less expensive, more straightforward small claims court process.
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For businesses and individuals worried that they or other parties will not be able to fulfill their contractual obligations, the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the enforceability of a contract will be determined by the contract's force majeure provision.
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Taking the right initial steps following a data privacy breach incident will enable a company to not only mitigate legal liability, but also reduce reputational harm as well. KDDK attorney Matt Rust lays out the initial actions for a company to take in the event of a breach.
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A recent opinion from the Indiana Court of Appeals held a mother in contempt for failing to abide by the terms of a paternity decree, which provided that her child had to be vaccinated if required by her school, even though the mother had properly submitted a religious objection. The Case In In re Paternity...
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