Legal Opinion
Estate of Sears Ex Rel. Sears v. Griffin
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided July 24, 2002No. 71S05-0207-CV-402PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
Motorist Patricia Griffin struck and killed eighteen-year-old Evan Sears as he was doing road work for the City of South Bend. Griffin entered into a settlement agreement with Evan's parents for the limits of her insurance in return for a release from further lability. Evan's mother Marci then sued Griffin as admin-istratrix of Evan's estate and as next friend of her daughter, Evan's younger sister. This effort to obtain further damages notwithstanding a settlement will fail unless Marci Griffin can prove on remand that her daughter qualified as her son's legal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cahoon v. CummingsIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
- New York Cent. RR Co. v. JOHNSON, ADMX., ETC.Indiana Supreme Court · 1955
- Luider v. SkaggsIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
- Wolf v. BorenIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
- Vera Cruz v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 1961
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of IranDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2006
- Atterholt v. RobinsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 2007
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- Longest ex rel. Longest v. SledgeIndiana Court of Appeals · 2013
- Hematology-Oncology of Indiana, P.C. v. FruitsIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010
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