Legal Opinion
Bayh v. Sonnenburg
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided June 12, 1991No. 37S03-9106-CV-437PublishedCited by 185 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
The Jasper Circuit Court entered a judgment for nearly $28 million against the State of Indiana in this class action brought on behalf of 7400 patients of Indiana's mental hospitals for work they performed while confined in those hospitals in the early 1970's. We hold that the patients are not entitled to compensation and reverse the judgment of the trial court.
I. Background and Procedural History
On May 23, 1974, Leo Sonnenburg and Gerald Hartnett filed this class action in the LaPorte Circuit Court against then-Governor Otis Bowen and…
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