Legal Opinion
Essex v. Ryan
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided March 21, 1983No. 2-681A199PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUCHANAN, Chief Judge.
CASE SUMMARY
Plaintiffs-appellants Robert Grant Essex and Helen Y. Essex (the Essexes) appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of Mary S. Ryan (personal representative of the deceased John C. Ryan (Ryan)) in the Essexes' suit to recover damages arising from a survey which Ryan had negligently performed for their predecessor in title in 1955, the Essexes claiming damages they suffered were recoverable because of the deceased's professional incompetence and because they were assignees of their predecessors in interest.
We reverse.
FACTS
Ryan was hired by Sylvester…
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