Burden v. Evansville Materials, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JAMES F. GORDON, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiff Richard Burden and his wife, proposed intervenor Mabel Burden, have petitioned the Court to vacate its Order of July 13, 1982, in which we denied their motion to allow Mr. Burden to amend his complaint. He sought to enable his wife to join his personal injury suit against the defendant, so that Mrs. Burden could recover for the loss of Mr. Burden’s society. Having considered new arguments and previously unnoted statutory changes, and despite the consistently skillful advocacy of defendant’s counsel, we now reverse…