Legal Opinion
Bellew v. Byers
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1979No. 1079S298PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
GIVAN, Chief Justice.
Appellees have filed a Petition to Transfer this cause after the Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and held that the releases executed in favor of two joint tort-feasors did not release the other joint tort-feasors. For the reasons which follow, we grant transfer and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
On July 25, 1975, Stanley B. Sims, Jr., Kimberly F. Sims and Thea Bellew, all of whom were minors, were riding in a truck travelling east on Road 252 in Morgan County. Appellee Byers was operating an Indiana National Guard truck westward.…
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