Indiana Bell Telephone Co. v. Maynard

OPINION

BARER, J.

Appellant-defendant Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc., d/b/a Ameritech Indiana (Indiana Bell) brings an interlocutory appeal fi-om the trial court’s partial denial of its motion for summary judgment regarding the question of whether Indiana Bell is vicariously hable for the assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress upon appellee-plaintiff Sherri Maynard by an Indiana Bell employee. Specifically, Indiana Bell argues that it could not have foreseen the harm caused by its employee and that the trial court thus erred in not finding as a matter of law that Indiana…