GREATER HAMMOND COMMUNITY SERV., INC. v. MUTKA

No. 45S03-9904-CV-224.

735 N.E.2d 780 (2000)

GREATER HAMMOND COMMUNITY SERVICES, INC., Appellant (Defendant Below), v. Lucile MUTKA, Appellee (Plaintiff Below). Lake County Equal Opportunity Council, Northern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, Gleason B. King And Frederick J. Leep, Non-Appealing Parties, (Defendants Below),

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Kopka, Lawrence M. Hansen, Gregory M. Bokota, Merrillville, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellant.

David W. Holub, David M. Hamacher, Hammond, Indiana, Attorneys for Appellee.


SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

About thirty-five years ago, President Johnson's war on poverty gave birth to hundreds of local non-profit corporations that carry out programs assisting the poor. Our legislature brought some of those entities within the coverage of the Indiana Tort Claims Act. One such organization, Greater Hammond Community Services, became a defendant in two tort suits. In rulings issued on the same day, two panels of the Court of Appeals reached conflicting...

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