Lawrence v. State

OPINION

Burke, J.

On September 10, 1978, Claimants, Charles Lawrence and Minnie Johnson Lawrence were riding eastbound on the Eisenhower Expressway en route to a family gathering in Gary, Indiana. They entered the Eisenhower Expressway at the Austin Avenue entrance. Mr. Lawrence was operating the motorcycle and Minnie Johnson Lawrence was on the back of the motorcycle. It is the Claimants’ contention that their vehicle became stuck in a longitudinal joint causing the motorcycle, which was travelling 50 to 55 miles per hour, to immediately stop, flinging them over the handlebars some 100 feet.

Mr.…