Legal Opinion
Ross v. Schubert
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 30, 1979No. 2-1176A429PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIPMAN, Presiding Judge.
Appellants Wilburn R. Ross (Ross) and his wife, Bernadine M. Ross, sued the physician defendants for damages based on alleged medical malpractice. This appeal from an adverse verdict and judgment raises one issue: Do the "fellow employee" immunity provisions of the Indiana Workmen's Compensation Act protect a company physician from a claim of medical negligence brought by an employee of the same company. We conclude they do not and reverse.
FACTS
Ross was employed as a factory worker by International Harvester Company at its Fort Wayne plant. The three defendants are…
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