INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION v. HULEN

No. 46S03-9112-SC-984.

582 N.E.2d 380 (1991)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, and Indiana State Prison, Appellants (Defendants below), v. Terry HULEN, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

December 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Michael A. Schoening, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellants.

Terry Hulen, pro se.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Need a State agency waive the client-attorney privilege it has with the Attorney General in order to prevail on a motion to dismiss a tort action? We hold that it need not.

Appellee Terry Hulen brought a small claims action against the Department of Correction and the Indiana State Prison to recover damages for items of personal property which he says were lost or stolen while in their possession. The trial court rendered judgment for...

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