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When you go through the estate planning process in Indiana, you must decide what type of documents you want as part of your estate plan. You will most likely have a will and perhaps have a power of attorney drafted or set up a trust fund. You might also think about...
Eminent domain is the government’s Constitutional right to take a landowner’s private property for public use. In exchange, the government pays the landowner “just compensation” equivalent to the damages caused by the taking. How does the government arrive at the...
Employers invest a lot of time and money in training their employees, and it can be frustrating to see a worker quit and take their new skills to a competitor. With that in mind, many employers have asked their new employees to sign agreements that limit their ability...
Construction is a risky business for everyone involved. Land, labor and materials are expensive, and a lot can go wrong in a construction project. Sometimes, when something goes wrong, the people and businesses that end up paying the price for it are the...
Most people know that driving while impaired by alcohol or other substances is not only unsafe, but against the law. Under Indiana’s OWI laws, drivers who operate their vehicles with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is considered legally...
Being named as an executor or personal representative in another person’s will can be a significant responsibility. Executors must perform many tasks during this process. What do these responsibilities include? File the will with the local court. The court oversees...
Download as PDF: Protecting Employers by Protecting Employees from Sexual Harassment.pdf Sexual Harassment: Protecting Employers by Protecting Employees By: Cheyenne N. Riker Harvey Weinstein’s name is now synonymous with allegations of sexual harassment in the...
Download as a PDF: BuySellAgreementsPrimer.PDF BUY/SELL AGREEMENTS A Primer By: Cheyenne N. Riker Clendening Johnson & Bohrer, P.C. Introduction to Buy/Sell Agreements The buy/sell agreement, sometimes referred to as a “buyout agreement,” provides business owners and businesses a method for ensuring their business interests are protected in the event of death, divorce, and a number of other triggering events. A well-…
By Cheyenne N. Riker Clendening Johnson & Bohrer, P.C. Powers of attorney are perhaps the most commonly executed legal documents. They are largely considered a crucial element to every estate plan because they allow the principal to nominate a third party to act for them in the event the principal is unable to act, thereby avoiding the necessity of expensive…
Originally published as “Infliction of Emotional Distress”, Indiana Civil Litigation Review, Volume VIII, 2011. Download as PDF: “Infliction of Emotional Distress”, Indiana Civil Litigation Review, Volume VIII, 2011 I. Elements of IED Claims The tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) arises when a defendant (i) engages in “extreme and outrageous” conduct that (ii) intentionally or recklessly (iii) causes (iv) severe…