Legal Opinion
Greene v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided June 17, 1991No. 18A02-9007-CV-422PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARTEAU, Judge.
Jack Greene's wife Ellen was injured while working at the Westinghouse factory in Muncie, allegedly due to removal of a safety bar on a machine. He sued West inghouse for loss of consortium. The court below granted Westinghouse's Trial Rule 12(B)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. Greene appeals.
For its motion to dismiss, Westinghouse argued that Ind.Code 22-8-2-6, the "exclusivity'"' section of the Indiana Worker's Compensation Act (Act), bars a cause of action for loss of consortium advanced by the spouse of an employee injured…
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