INDIANAPOLIS POWER v. BRAD SNODGRASS

No. 30S02-9110-CV-782.

578 N.E.2d 669 (1991)

INDIANAPOLIS POWER & Light Company, and J.A. House, Inc., Appellants (Third-Party Plaintiffs below), v. BRAD SNODGRASS, Inc., a/k/a Snodgrass Sheet Metal, Appellee (Third-Party Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent O. Stewart, Charles F. Miller, Jr., Stewart Due Miller & Pugh, Indianapolis, for appellant IPL.

James K. Wheeler, Jeffrey O. Meunier, Coots Henke & Wheeler, Carmel, for appellant House.

Lloyd H. Milliken, Jr., Locke Reynolds Boyd & Weisell, Indianapolis, for appellee Snodgrass.


DICKSON, Justice.

Should the Indiana Comparative Fault Act, Ind. Code § 34-4-33-1 to -13, be judicially expanded to create a new species of vicarious liability and resulting indemnity rights? We grant transfer to consider this novel question.

On January 24, 1986, a construction accident resulted in injuries to Billie J. Gillespie, an employee of Brad Snodgrass, Inc., also known as Snodgrass Sheet Metal (Snodgrass), a subcontractor for J.A. House, Inc...

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