Legal Opinion
Butler v. City of Peru
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 2000No. 52S02-0002-CV-117PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We grant transfer in this case to clarify the phrase “user or consumer” in the Products Liability Act and to reiterate the correct standard for summary judgment under Trial Rule 56.
Factual and Procedural Background
James E. Butler was employed as a maintenance worker for Peru Community School Corporation. On September 23, 1993, Butler was electrocuted trying to restore power to an electrical outlet near the Peru High School baseball field. The power source to the outlet was an electrical box located within a fenced-in area containing one of the field’s…
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