Penn Harris Madison School Corp. v. Howard

861 N.E.2d 1190 (2007)

PENN HARRIS MADISON SCHOOL CORPORATION, Appellant (Defendant below),

v.

Linda HOWARD, Individually and as Next Best Friend of David Howard, A Minor, Appellees (Plaintiffs below).

No. 71S05-0511-CV-509.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

March 1, 2007.

Shannon L. Robinson, Bloomington, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Douglas D. Small, South Bend, IN, Attorney for Appellees.

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 71A05-0410-CV-535.

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Two decades ago, the Legislature abolished the harsh doctrine of "contributory negligence" by which a man or a woman,…