Legal Opinion
Coplen v. Omni Restaurants, Inc.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 1994No. 79A04-9302-CV-69PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Judge.
Fourteen-year old Jennifer Farley was seriously injured in an accident while a guest passenger in step-father Edward R. Coplen’s car. Jennifer’s medical bills, totalling $34,-600.12, were paid by her father’s (James Farley’s) health insurance which he obtained through his employer, Omni Restaurants, Inc. Omni believed that it suffered a separate, compensable injury when it had to pay Jennifer’s medical bills and brought suit against Coplen’s Estate despite language in our guest statute providing that the operator of a motor vehicle “is not Hable for loss or damage arising from…
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