Legal Opinion · Dissent

Gyuriak v. Millice

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided September 24, 2002No. 71A04-0112-CV-569Published

1DissentRobb, Judge

I respectfully dissent. In affirming the trial court’s grant of Millice’s Motion for Summary Judgment, the majority relies on a case decided by another panel of this court, Mark v. Moser, 746 N.E.2d 410 *397(Ind.Ct.App.2001). I believe the decision in Mark was incorrect because incurred risk in Indiana can no longer be used as a complete bar to recovery, but is rather only part of the determination of comparative fault.

I.Indiana Comparative Fault Act

Indiana adopted the Comparative Fault Act (the “Act”), in 1985, replacing common law contributory negligence. Ind.Code §§ 34-51-2-1 to 19. Pursuant…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Knight v. JewettCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Heck v. RobeyIndiana Supreme Court · 1995
  3. Creasy v. RuskIndiana Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Mark v. MoserIndiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  5. Auckenthaler v. GrundmeyerNevada Supreme Court · 1994

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