Long v. Dilling Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

OPINION

MATTINGLY, Judge.

Paul Long (Long), the Indiana State Pipe Trades Association (the Association), and the United Association Local No. 166 (Local 166) (collectively, the Defendants) bring an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order that denied their “Motion to Dismiss and/or for Summary Judgment” and that granted summary judgment in favor of Dilling Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (Dilling).

Although numerous issues were raised on appeal, we find one issue dispositive: Whether the bags of trash Long took from Dilling’s dumpster were abandoned property. We answer in the affirmative,…