Legal Opinion

Boone County Rural Electric Membership Corp. v. Layton

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 26, 1996No. 12A04-9408-CV-305PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHEZEM, Judge.

Case Summary

Defendant-Appellant, Boone County Rural Electric Membership Corporation ("REMC") appeals from a judgment entered in favor of Plaintiffs-Appeliees, Martha Layton, Randy Layton, Danny Layton, and Layton Dairy {collectively, the "Laytons"). We affirm.

Issues

The parties present three issues which we consolidate and restate as:

I. Whether the Indiana Comparative Fault Act requires the trial court in a bench trial to enter a specific calculation based upon the formula used by juries when allocating fault; and

II. Whether the amount of damages was properly calculated.

Fac…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Indianapolis Power & Light Co. v. Brad Snodgrass, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1991
  2. Walters v. DeanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Bowles v. TatomIndiana Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Indiana Motorcycle Ass'n v. HudsonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1980
  5. State Ex Rel. Highway Department v. SnyderIndiana Supreme Court · 1992

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3Cited by14 opinions

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  3. Bussing v. Indiana Department of TransportationIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002
  4. Weston v. BuckleyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1997
  5. Lees Inns of America, Inc. v. William R. Lee Irrevocable TrustIndiana Court of Appeals · 2010

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