Smith v. Hansen

CONOVER, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Charles E. Smith (Smith) appeals the Marion Superior Court, Civil Division, Room No. l’s entry of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Ap-pellee Leon Hansen d/b/a Harvester Bar in a negligent bartender suit.

This appeal presents the following issues:

1. whether enactment of the Indiana Comparative Fault Law abrogated the rule that release of one joint tort-feasor releases all, and

2. whether the release at issue expressly released appellee in this action.

Smith got drunk in Hansen’s bar, left, and stepped into the street. He was hit by Ball’s automobile and…