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BELLEW v. BYERS

No. 1079S298.

396 N.E.2d 335 (1979)

Robert F. BELLEW, Stanley B. Sims, Sr., Virginia (Sims) Bellew, Stanley B. Sims, Jr., Kimberly F. Sims and Thea Bellew, Appellants, v. Randall Scott BYERS, State of Indiana, Indiana National Guard and Indiana State Highway Commission, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Peden, Foley, Foley & Peden, Martinsville, for appellants.

Glenn E. Davis, Sr., Davis & Davis, Indianapolis, Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Spear, Asst. Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

Appellees have filed a Petition to Transfer this cause after the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and held that the releases executed in favor of two joint tort-feasors did not release the other joint tort-feasors. For the reasons which follow, we grant transfer and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

On July 25, 1975, Stanley B. Sims, Jr., Kimberly F. Sims and Thea Bellew, all of whom were...

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