Legal Opinion
SCM Corp. v. Letterer
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 28, 1983No. 3-1280A384PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
Appellant-defendant SCM Corporation (SCM) is appealing from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of appel-lees-plaintiffs Robert and Shirley Letterer, husband and wife, in the sums of $28,000 for damage to their real estate and $40,000 for damage to their personal property. The jury rendered its verdict on the basis of testimony linking a toaster-oven manufactured by SCM with a fire that substantially destroyed the Letterers' home and belong ings. Because the verdict was improperly premised upon the res ipsa loquitur rule of evidence in negligence cases, we must reverse…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.California Supreme Court · 1944
- Ayr-Way Stores, Inc. v. Chitwood Ex Rel. ChitwoodIndiana Supreme Court · 1973
- Trowbridge v. Abrasive Co. Of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Hawkins v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1941
- Fruehauf Trailer Division v. ThorntonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1977
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Thiele v. Faygo Beverage, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1986
- Lovejoy Electronics, Inc., Cross-Appellee v. Gerald N. O'berto, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Shull v. B.F. Goodrich Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1985
- K-Mart Corp. v. GipsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1990
- Brinegar v. Robertson Corp.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1990
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