HUBBARD MFG. CO., INC. v. GREESON

No. 68S01-8712-CV-1109.

515 N.E.2d 1071 (1987)

HUBBARD MANUFACTURING CO., Inc., Appellant (Defendant below), v. Elizabeth GREESON, As Administratrix of the Estate of Donald F. Greeson, Deceased, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 1, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter G. Tamulonis, Donald L. Dawson, Kightlinger, Young, Gray & DeTrude, Indianapolis, for appellant.

C. Warren Holland, Michael W. Holland, Holland & Tabor, Indianapolis, for appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The question is whether an Indiana court should apply Indiana tort law when both parties are residents of Indiana and the injury occurred in Illinois.

Plaintiff Elizabeth Greeson, an Indiana resident, filed a wrongful death action in Indiana against defendant Hubbard Manufacturing Co., Inc., an Indiana corporation. The defendant corporation built lift units for use in cleaning, repairing, and replacing streetlights.

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