CAESARS RIVERBOAT CASINO, LLC v. KEPHART

No. 31S01-0909-CV-403.

934 N.E.2d 1120 (2010)

CAESARS RIVERBOAT CASINO, LLC, Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. Genevieve M. KEPHART, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene F. Price , Steven P. Langdon , Frost Brown Todd, LLC, New Albany, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

Terry Noffsinger , Noffsinger Law, P.C., Evansville, IN, Attorney for Appellee.


On Petition To Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 31A01-0711-CV-530

RUCKER, Justice.

A casino sued a patron for unpaid counter checks. The patron, a pathological gambler, countersued for damages because the casino knowingly enticed and encouraged the patron to gamble. We granted transfer to determine if casino patrons have a common law cause of action for damages stemming from the consequences of gambling losses.

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