Beeching v. Levee

I respectfully dissent from the majority's decision that the trial court was within *681its discretion in granting a mistrial because it determined that the jury verdiets were inconsistent. As to the remaining issues, I fully concur.

In Cedars ex rel. Cedars v. Waldon, 706 N.E.2d 219, 223 (Ind.Ct.App.1999), cited by the majority, we said that courts should "indulge every reasonable presumption in favor of the legality of the verdict" which should be overturned only "if it is legally or logically inconsistent, contradictory or repugnant such that no judgment can be pronounced upon it." Here, the…