State v. Dwenger

The plaintiff-appellee Margaret C. Dwenger (Dwenger), a pedestrian, crossed over a depressed limited access, state highway (Madison Avenue, Indianapolis, U.S. Highway 31) on a pedestrian bridge built and maintained by appellant Indiana State Highway Commission (State) at what was formerly the Palmer Street intersection. She recovered judgment of $20,000.00 against the State in a jury verdict for injuries she suffered when she stepped into a hole at the west end of the bridge. The Palmer Street concrete sidewalk onto which she should have stepped was narrower than the bridge, leaving a space…