Thank you for a thoughtful contribution
...and not just spewing forth your emotional reaction to a sensational story.
Anyway, I'm fairly confident he'll get his one day.
I'm surprised that the local court didn't immediately toss this, just as you are. In my locality (not in Indiana, to be fair), the local court websites are extraordinarily clear that you need to have made some attempt to settle the dispute before court and have sent court documentation through registered mail to their last known address. That's just for small claims court! Evidence of delivery of that documentation is the first thing a judge asks for when beginning proceedings.