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INDIANA STATE HIGHWAY COM'N v. RICKERT

No. 3-1078A255.

412 N.E.2d 269 (1980)

INDIANA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, Appellant (Defendant below), State of Indiana, Aeronautics Commission of Indiana (Defendants below) v. Roger M. RICKERT, As Administrator of the Estate of Charles D. McDaniel, Deceased, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Thomas R. Hamill, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellant.

Sherrill Wm. Colvin, John O. Feighner, Snouffer, Haller & Colvin, Fort Wayne, for appellee.

HOFFMAN, Judge.

This was an action for negligence arising out of the fatal crash of a private airplane in which decedent, Charles D. McDaniel, was an occupant. The jury returned a general verdict against defendant-appellant Indiana State Highway Commission (Commission) and awarded plaintiff-appellee Roger M. Rickert, as administrator of McDaniel's estate, $300,000 in damages.1

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