Legal Opinion

Yerkes v. Heartland Career Center

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided December 27, 1995No. 85A02-9508-CV-487PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

NAJAM, Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Betty Yerkes appeals from the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Heartland Career Center (“Heartland”). Yerkes filed a negligence action against Heartland for injuries she sustained when she slipped and fell on a patch of ice on a sidewalk outside of Heartland. The trial court concluded that Heartland was immune from liability pursuant to the Indiana Tort Claims Act and entered summary judgment.

We affirm.

■ ISSUES

Yerkes presents two issues for our review which we restate as:

1. Whether Heartland is a governmental entity within the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Mullin v. Municipal City of South BendIndiana Supreme Court · 1994
  2. Walling v. Appel Service Co., Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1994
  3. Cloverleaf Apartments, Inc. v. Town of EatonIndiana Court of Appeals · 1994
  4. Gilliam v. Contractors United, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1995
  5. City of So. Bend v. Fink, Admx., Etc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1966

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. City of Anderson v. WeatherfordIndiana Court of Appeals · 1999
  2. City of Elkhart v. Agenda: Open Government, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1997
  3. Gary Community School Corp. v. Roach-WalkerIndiana Supreme Court · 2009
  4. Brunner v. Trustees of Purdue UniversityIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998
  5. Dzierba v. City of Michigan CityIndiana Court of Appeals · 2003

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