Brizzi contributor Epperly no stranger to controversy
Harrison Epperly has made a fortune in his business career, but he’s also sparked controversy.
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IPL sues engineering consultant over Eagle Valley discharge
Indianapolis Power and Light Co. is suing its engineering consultant over an industrial accident that spilled 30 million
gallons of polluted water into White River.
Deborah Simon says other potential trustees have conflicts
Melvin Simon’s daughter, who’s seeking to remove her stepmother from overseeing a trust that holds her late father Melvin’s
fortune, says a corporate trustee is a better option than brother David Simon or family financial adviser Bruce Jacobson.
Litigation slows entrepreneur behind laser weapons, flying scooter
Anderson entrepreneur Pete Bitar has been slowed by litigation but still plans to spearhead a team in the competition to
put a rover on the moon.
Simon Property Group enters dispute over founder’s fortune
Simon Property Group Inc. is suing Bren Simon, the widow of company founder Melvin Simon, over her effort to convert part
of her late husband’s ownership stake in the publicly traded mall giant into common shares or cash.
Bank says Durham had no right to sell Duesenberg
A legal brouhaha over the recent auction of a Duesenberg automobile by Tim Durham has taken a new twist, with Durham’s bank
charging the financier didn’t have the right to sell the car in the first place.
Durham trailer-maker sued for nearly $1M
First Merchants Bank is seeking nearly $1 million from Tim Durham and his companies through a recently filed loan-default
lawsuit.
Dow Agro in legal skirmish over canola oil
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC has sued Cooper Industries Plc in an effort to clarify its rights to make a canola-based
fluid used in electrical transformers.
Simon family fight breaks out over billionaire’s fortune
Melvin Simon’s
daughter Deborah filed court papers Thursday afternoon charging her father was coerced into approving a
new estate plan in February 2009 that dramatically increased the amount of his fortune going to her stepmother, Bren.
Former cemetery owner avoids prison time
Robert E. Nelms received an eight-year sentence that will be served through a community corrections program after pleading
guilty to theft and securities fraud.
Accountant files suit against former firm, partner
A contentious split between two prominent accounting partners is getting even uglier after a lawsuit filed by one of them
has the other pledging to counter sue.
Real estate lawsuit pits Situs vs. Situs
Texas real estate consultancy sues local brokerage over rights to name they both share.
Judge approves concrete price-fixing settlement
A federal judge has preliminarily approved a settlement in which a central Indiana concrete company agreed to pay $29 million
to resolve a class-action antitrust lawsuit alleging it and six other companies conspired to fix the price of ready-mixed
concrete.
Fair Finance investors file additional fraud suit
More than three dozen residents of a northeast Ohio county who invested in Fair Finance Co. are seeking to recover more
than $2.1 million from the shuttered company.
Freight Masters files bankruptcy after losing business from Chrysler, Boeing
The minority-owned logistics firm is also involved in a legal battle with a Washington state firm over the loss of its Boeing
business.
Judge fines woman waging Web war against plastic surgeon
Judge Sarah Evans Barker declared a Massachusetts woman in contempt of court for failing to remove her negative Internet
postings about an Indianapolis cosmetic surgeon.
Local funeral home operator interested in troubled Memory Gardens
Indianapolis-based Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory is one of two companies that have emerged as potential
suitors of the embattled Memory Gardens Management Corp.
Editorial writers lose appeal against Star
Two former editorial writers at Indiana’s largest newspaper failed to prove they were the victims of religious discrimination,
according to a circuit court of appeals.
Class-action suit seeks millions for Fair Finance investors
Attorneys on Friday afternoon filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to rescind $200 million in investor purchases of Fair
Finance Co. securities and to slap Tim Durham and other company insiders with millions of dollars in punitive
damages.
Man claims being denied job over beard, turban
Indirjit Singh of Greenwood is suing Atlanta-based Air Serv Corp. in U.S. District Court in Indianapolis for religious discrimination.