Legal Opinion
Meadowlark Farms, Inc. v. Warken
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided May 22, 1978No. 1-1276A243PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLybrook, P.J.
—Appellant-defendant, Meadowlark Farms, Inc. (Meadowlark), appeals from a verdict granting appellee-plaintiff, Harvey A. Warken (Warken), damages in the sum of $125,000 for injuries to his arm sustained from a fall into a corn auger located on Meadowlark’s premises.
FACTS:
Warken, a high school graduate, farmed for forty years before the accident. In addition to his hog business, during the years 1966 through 1971 and again in 1973, Warken sharecropped under a lease agreement with Meadowlark, raising soybeans and corn. He regularly delivered the soybeans to an elevator in Terre Haute and the…
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