Indiana surgery centers sue nation’s top insurer over payments
A Carmel surgery center is joining others in the state in suing UnitedHealthcare, alleging it unlawfully withheld payment for some services to make up for overpayment of other claims.
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Supreme Court avoids major ruling in birth control dispute
The Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday.
NCAA asks U.S. Supreme Court to hear O’Bannon case
The NCAA is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case that successfully challenged the association's use of names, images and likenesses of college athletes without compensation.
Storing babies’ blood samples pits privacy versus science
Indiana is one of several states involved in legal battles over the storage of blood samples. The cases pose a dilemma: How can society balance the right to privacy with the needs of science and medical research?
AIT Labs founder to return more than $3M in settlement
The founder of AIT Laboratories, along with his insurance companies and bank, will pay back more than $3 million to employees who bought the company from him six years ago at what the government said was an inflated price.
Southern District proposes mandatory pro bono
A proposed rule change would for the first time obligate lawyers to provide mandatory pro bono service to litigants in civil cases filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, the court announced Friday.
HDG Mansur examiner hopes to hit insurance jackpot
Bankruptcy examiner John Humphrey, who has been investigating potential claims against HDG Mansur founder Harold Garrison, is hoping for a big payout from the company's $5 million directors and officers liability insurance policy.
Former Park Tudor coach faces July sentencing date
As expected, a former Indianapolis high school boys' basketball coach has pleaded guilty to trying to entice a 15-year-old student to have sex with him.
Pittman family properties in $2.4M estate could be auctioned
Heart surgeon John Pittman’s offspring have been feuding in court since September about how to handle real estate in Carmel and Zionsville.
State seeks new judge after surprise ruling in IBM case
Lawyers representing the state in its ongoing lawsuit against IBM over a canceled $1.3 billion welfare privatization contract have asked for a new judge in the case and moved to void his latest ruling.
Lawsuit: Ex-IU med school official says he was sexually harassed
A former administrator at the Indiana University School of Medicine says he was pressured to resign after complaining about a female administrator he claims sexually harassed him.
Former Park Tudor coach to plead guilty to enticement
A plea agreement filed Wednesday in Indianapolis federal court says former Indianapolis Park Tudor School coach Kyle Cox admitted the charge. Cox could be facing more than 10 years in prison.
University of Louisville students’ lawsuit against escort dismissed
A Louisville judge has dismissed a lawsuit by University of Louisville students filed against Katina Powell that said the escort’s book allegations of sex parties at the men’s basketball players’ dormitory had devalued their education.
Developer Alig avoids prison time with plea deal
Prominent Indianapolis developer Cornelius “Lee” Alig, who pleaded guilty to one count of theft and one count of securities fraud, received a four-year suspended sentence Monday morning and was ordered to repay victims $321,000.
Indiana to get $9.2M in drug discount case settlement
Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. agreed to pay a total of $785 million to resolve allegations that one of its companies didn't give Medicaid the same discounts it provided to private purchasers of the heartburn treatment Protonix.
Mainstreet Property sues state over nursing-home building ban
Carmel-based Mainstreet Property Group is suing the Indiana State Department of Health in a legal challenge to the state’s new moratorium on nursing homes and transitional care properties.
Indiana Supreme Court: Fortville cannot annex land
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld a trial court’s decision Thursday that evidence did not support the town of Fortville’s contention that it needed the land it wanted to voluntarily annex in the near future.
Years after Irwin Union’s failure, a lawsuit yields settlement
The FDIC has settled a lawsuit against four former executives of the bank. Meanwhile, in a separate suit a bankruptcy trustee continues to press his claims against three other executives.
Pence argues email privacy ruling should apply to him, too
Gov. Mike Pence is using a recent Indiana Supreme Court decision over lawmaker emails to argue that he should not be required to release documents that have been deemed by law to be public records.
Appeals court: QB Tom Brady must serve ‘Deflategate’ penalty
A federal appeals court has ruled that New England Patriots Tom Brady must serve a four-game "Deflategate" suspension imposed by the NFL, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union.