Mears v. Lake County Council

OPINION

STATON, Judge

The State of Indiana appeals the denial of its motion to dismiss a cross-claim by Lake County for indemnification of legal expenses. The State raises one issue for our review, which we restate as: whether the trial court erred in denying the State’s motion to dismiss.

We reverse.

The Lake County Council and Lake County Commissioners (collectively, “the County”), along with the Lake County Juvenile Court, Darlene Wanda Mears and two employees of the Lake County Juvenile Detention Center (“Employees”), were named as defendants in an action brought by John, Debra and Michael…