Riggs v. Burell

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

DICKSON, Justice.

Upon an appellate reversal of a new trial granted by a trial court on only one of *563multiple grounds asserted in a motion to correct error, may the motion's proponent obtain judicial consideration of the unaddressed grounds? To address this question, we grant transfer.

Plaintiff-appellant Rachel Riggs sustained injury while a passenger in a vehicle operated by defendant-appellee Alan Bu-rell, who had fallen asleep at the wheel. The complaint filed by Riggs and her parents resulted in a jury trial under the Indiana Comparative Fault Act, Ind.Code §§…