Manns v. State of Indiana Department of Highways

DICKSON, Justice.

Today we revisit and reconsider the trial procedures relating to the evidentiary use of partial settlement agreements.

The lawsuit filed by the plaintiff-appellant, Lonnie R. Manns, alleged that he sustained severe injuries on June 1, 1984, when his vehicle, operating on a preferential state highway, collided with a vehicle operated by Everett Hintz, who failed to yield the right-of-way after stopping at a stop sign. The action also claimed that the defendant-appellee, State of Indiana Department of Highways (Department), negligently designed the intersection. Before the…