Legal Opinion
Hubbard Manufacturing Co. v. Greeson
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1987No. 68S01-8712-CV-1109PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
The question is whether an Indiana court should apply Indiana tort law when both parties are residents of Indiana and the injury occurred in Illinois.
Plaintiff Elizabeth Greeson, an Indiana resident, filed a wrongful death action in Indiana against defendant Hubbard Manufacturing Co., Inc., an Indiana corporation. The defendant corporation built lift units for use in cleaning, repairing, and replacing streetlights.
On October 29, 1979, Donald Greeson, plaintiff's husband and also a resident of Indiana, happened to be working in Illinois maintaining street lights. He died…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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