Legal Opinion
Green v. Ford Motor Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 2011No. 94S00-1007-CQ-348PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICKSON, Justice.
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has certified for our resolution the following issue of Indiana state law:
Whether, in a crashworthiness case alleging enhanced injuries under the Indiana Products Liability Act, the finder of fact shall apportion fault to the person suffering physical harm when that alleged fault relates to the cause of the underlying accident.
We accepted this question pursuant to Indiana Appellate Rule 64. As explained more fully below, subject to certain qualifications that require modification of the question, our answer…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
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- Control Techniques, Inc. v. JohnsonIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. GreggIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
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