INDIANA CIVIL RIGHTS COM'N v. ALDER

No. 09S02-9806-CV-344.

714 N.E.2d 632 (1999)

INDIANA CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, Jodie L. Jackson and Larry J. Stovall, Appellants (Respondents below), v. Clyde ALDER and Barbara Jean Alder, d/b/a Stoney Pike Mobile Home Park, Appellees (Petitioners below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

July 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacquelyn Thompson, Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorney for Appellants.

Jay T. Hirschauer, Logansport, Indiana, Attorney for Appellees.


ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

In this housing discrimination case we conclude that the Indiana Civil Rights Commission has the authority to award damages for economic and emotional injury under Indiana Code § 22-9-1-6, but does not have authority to award punitive damages.

Factual and Procedural Background

In 1985, Jodie Jackson, her husband and her two children moved into a mobile home owned by her parents in the Stoney...

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