Legal Opinion
Mr. Bults, Inc. d/b/a MBI v. Nathan Orlando
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 10, 2013No. 56A04-1210-CT-515PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATHIAS, Judge.
Nathan Orlando (“Orlando”) sued Mr. Bults, Inc., doing business as MBI (“MBI”), for negligence after he was injured when a semi truck backed into the tipper machine he was operating. The jury returned a verdict for Orlando of $650,0000. MBI now appeals and raises two issues, which we restate as whether there was sufficient evidence to sustain a negligence finding and whether the jury award of $650,000 was excessive.
We affirm.
Facts and Procedural History
Orlando was the operator of a tipper machine for Newton County Development Corporation, an Allied Waste landfill site. A…
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