CHESNUT v. ROOF

No. 80A05-9508-CV-337.

665 N.E.2d 7 (1996)

Pamela CHESNUT, Appellant-Plaintiff, v. Todd A. ROOF, Appellee-Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

May 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Dudley, Max Howard, Anderson, for Appellant.

Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, by P. Gregory Cross, Cross, Marshall, Schuck, DeWesse, Cross & Feick, Professional Corporation, Muncie, for Amicus Curiae.

Robert R. Clark, Scott R. Alexander, Sommer & Barnard, P.C., Indianapolis, for Appellee.


OPINION

BARTEAU, Judge.

Pamela Chesnut brings this interlocutory appeal to challenge the trial court's order allowing Todd Roof to amend his answer to assert an affirmative defense naming Robert Manship as a nonparty. The dispositive issue is whether Indiana Code section 34-4-33-2, as amended effective July 1, 1995, can be applied retroactively to Chesnut's pending lawsuit against Roof.

FACTS

On January 11, 1993, Chesnut was injured...

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