Indiana State Highway Commission v. Rickert
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
HOFFMAN, Judge.
This was an action for negligence arising out of the fatal crash of a private airplane in which decedent, Charles D. McDaniel, was an occupant. The jury returned a general verdict against defendant-appellant Indiana State Highway Commission (Commission) and awarded plaintiff-appellee Roger M. Rickert, as administrator of McDaniel’s estate, $300,000 in damages. 1
To orient the reader to the circumstances of the crash it is necessary to explain the physical layout of the area. Hap’s Airport had been in existence since about 1953. The airstrip had a runway 2,200 feet in length…
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