Legal Opinion
Sims v. Scopelitis
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 2003No. 50A03-0211-CV-399PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VAIDIK, Judge.
Case Summary
Mario Sims appeals the decision of the Marshall County trial court granting summary judgment in favor of Linda Scopeli-tis, in her capacity as Clerk of the St. Joseph Courts. In particular, Sims claimed in his complaint that Sceopelitis intentionally destroyed a document, which allegedly had been part of the record in his criminal trial. Because this same issue previously had been brought before the Elkhart County trial court and, after a hearing on the merits, decided against Sims, we find that the continued litigation of the Marshall County action was barred…
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