Legal Opinion
Carbo, Inc. v. Lowe
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 21, 1988No. 37A03-8707-CV-184PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARRARD, Presiding Judge.
Appellants, Carbo, Inc. doing business as Black Horsemen Liquors and Terrill Triggs, appeal from a jury verdict against them awarding appellee Kathy Lowe $500,-000.00 in a wrongful death action. We reverse.
The facts most favorable to the verdict show that the decedent, William Lowe, entered the Black Horsemen Liquor Store shortly after 11:00 p.m. on December 8, 1981. Terrill Triggs, a part-time clerk at the liquor store, and Robert Freeland, the establishment's owner, were stocking the coolers at that time. Triggs returned to the counter upon hearing a bell indicating…
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