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BAYH v. SONNENBURG

No. 37S03-9106-CV-437.

573 N.E.2d 398 (1991)

Evan BAYH, As Governor of the State of Indiana, Jerry Thaden, As Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Mental Health, and the Indiana Patient Remuneration Board, Appellants (Defendants below), v. Leo SONNENBURG, Gerald Hartnett, and Dennis Sheffield, On Behalf of Themselves and All Other Similarly Situated Persons, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied September 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Robert S. Spear, Chief Counsel, David Michael Wallman, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellants.

Terrance L. Smith, Anthony DeBonis, Jr., Smith & DeBonis, East Chicago, for appellees.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

The Jasper Circuit Court entered a judgment for nearly $28 million against the State of Indiana in this class action brought on behalf of 7400 patients of Indiana's mental hospitals for work they performed while confined in those hospitals in the early 1970's. We hold that the patients are not entitled to compensation and reverse the judgment of the trial court.

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