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SMITH v. CINCINNATI INS. CO.

No. 41S01-0212-CV-628.

790 N.E.2d 460 (2003)

Courtney SMITH, Appellant (Petitioner), v. CINCINNATI INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee (Respondent).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 27, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Getty, Rori Goldman, Hill Fulwider McDowell Funk & Matthews, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellant.

Donald J. Tribbett, Scott L. Starr, Starr Austen Tribbett Myers & Miller, Logansport, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

CIVIL TRANSFER

RUCKER, Justice.

An underage driver crashed the car of her intoxicated friend while attempting to drive the friend home in the car purportedly with the friend's permission. The question we address is whether the level of intoxication has a bearing on the ability of an intoxicated would-be driver to give permission to another to operate her car. We hold that it does not.

Facts and Procedural History

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