Trustees of Indiana University v. Buxbaum

¶1 In the summer of 1998, three Indiana University students traveled to Montana to assist an Indiana University professor with an instructional project devoted to forest habitat. While in Montana, the three students and a fourth Indiana resident were involved in a single vehicle accident on Interstate 90 between Cardwell and Three Forks, Montana. The accident resulted in the deaths of Christopher Jones, Michael Bowling, and Derek Krueger. Multiple lawsuits ensued, including a suit filed by the Krueger Estate against the Respondent Indiana University and the Appellant Jones Estate. The Jones…