Legal Opinion
State Department of Transportation v. Hoffman
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided December 30, 1999No. 32A05-9902-CV-77PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GARRARD, Judge
The Indiana Department of Transportation (IDOT) appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of John Hoffman, Sheila Hoover Hoffman and Sarah Marie Transportation (the Hoffmans) contending the trial court erred in refusing to admit the testimony of a police officer as to his opinion concerning the cause of the collision. We affirm.
The facts introduced at trial established that Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman were truck drivers. John had been driving for thirty-four years and had logged more than five million miles. As a result he was familiar with construction sites…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Wooley v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1999
- American United Life Insurance Company v. PeffleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1973
- State v. EdgmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1983
- American United Life Insurance Company v. PeffleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974
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