AMERITECH PUB., INC. v. STRACHAN

No. 49A05-0204-CV-167.

783 N.E.2d 378 (2003)

AMERITECH PUBLISHING, INC., and Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Appellants-Defendants, v. Mark STRACHAN d/b/a American Muffler and Brake West, Appellee-Plaintiff.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Fruehwald, Barnes & Thornburg, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant Indiana Bell Telephone Co.

Andrew W. Hull, Alice McKenzie Morical, Hoover Hull Baker & Heath LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant Ameritech Publishing, Inc.

Peter S. Kovacs, Mary F. Schmid, Stewart & Irwin, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.


OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

Indiana Bell Telephone Co. ("Indiana Bell") and Ameritech Publishing, Inc. ("Ameritech") appeal the trial court's denial of their motions to dismiss the suit filed against them by Mark Strachan d/b/a American Muffler and Brake West ("American Muffler"), raising several issues, one of which we find dispositive:

Whether a telephone service provider or a company that bills through it may be held liable under tort law when the...

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