Greater Hammond Community Services, Inc. v. Mutka

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

About thirty-five years ago, President Johnson’s war on poverty gave birth to hundreds of local non-profit corporations that carry out programs assisting the poor. Our legislature brought some of those entities within the coverage of the Indiana Tort Claims Act. One such organization, Greater Hammond Community Services, became a defendant in two tort suits. In rulings issued on the same day, two panels of the Court of Appeals reached conflicting conclusions about whether Greater Hammond is covered by the Act. We hold it is not.

Facts and Case History

On October 19, 1994,…