Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Jacobs
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 2011No. 47A01-1102-CT-35PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BAKER, Judge.
Eric Johnson and his estranged wife, Beth, were in the midst of a divorce. Eric was taking flight lessons and in March 2007, he took Emily, their eight-year-old daughter, on a solo airplane flight in Lawrence County. Lawrence County consists of 448 square miles with a population of nearly 46,000. Eric crashed the plane into Vivian Pace’s house, killing himself and Emily. Pace is Beth’s mother, and her residence is one of approximately 18,500 in Lawrence County.
Beth sued the Lawrence County Board of Aviation Commissioners (Aviation Board), Eric’s Flight Instructor, Tony…
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