Groves v. Taylor

OPINION

GARRARD, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Terry L. Groves and Elizabeth Groves, parents of Terry L. Groves, II, and Mary-Beth Ellen Groves, by her next friend Terry L. Groves, (collectively “MaryBeth”) appeal the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of Jacqueline Taylor, Indiana State Police, and the State of Indiana (the “State”) on MaryBeth’s claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress. MaryBeth was a bystander when a police vehicle driven by Indiana State Police Officer Jacqueline Taylor struck and killed Mary-Beth’s six-year-old brother. We affirm.

ISSUE

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