Legal Opinion
Peavler v. BD. OF COM'RS MONROE CTY.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided September 9, 1988No. 36S01-8809-CV-817, 43S03-8809-CV-818PublishedCited by 170 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
Two cases before us on petitions for transfer require that we construe the provision in the Indiana Tort Claims Act which provides governmental immunity for discretionary acts.
Richey Wayne Peavler filed suit against the Monroe County Board of Commissioners, alleging “negligence in the failure to place or maintain a curve warning sign, and/or reduced speed limit sign or advisory speed limit sign on a portion of a county road.” Peavler v. Board of Commissioners of Monroe County (1986), Ind.App., 492 N.E.2d 1086, 1087. The jury returned a verdict for the county. The Court…
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