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CONTROL TECHNIQUES, INC. v. JOHNSON

No. 45S03-0202-CV-97.

762 N.E.2d 104 (2002)

CONTROL TECHNIQUES, INC., a/k/a Warner Control Company and/or Warner Control Techniques, Appellant (Defendant Below), v. John W. JOHNSON and Linda Johnson, Appellees (Plaintiffs Below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

February 5, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius J. Harrington, Highland, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Nick Katich, Merrillville, IN, Attorney for Appellee.

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

This case deals with the relationship between the Comparative Fault Act and the common law tort doctrine of superseding or intervening cause. The requirement of causation as an element of liability for a negligent act includes the requirement that the consequences be foreseeable. A superseding cause that forecloses liability of the original actor is, by definition...

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