State v. Thompson

LYBROOK, Presiding Judge.

The State appeals from 1) an adverse judgment entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $1,240,000 in favor of Gary Thompson; and 2) a dismissal of the State’s third-party complaint against the American Oil Company (Amoco) for indemnity. The theory of Thompson’s complaint against the State was that the State “negligently marked, designed, constructed, engineered and maintained” a section of U. S. highway 31 at its intersection with Interstate highway 65 in Bartholomew County, resulting in an auto-truck collision in which Thompson received severe and permanent…