Legal Opinion

Samm v. Great Dane Trailers

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided August 26, 1999No. 84A01-9810-CV-381PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SULLIVAN, Judge

Appellant, Tim Samm (Samm), appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his complaint for retaliatory discharge and defamation against Appellee, Great Dane Trailers (Great Dane).

We reverse.

Samm presents two issues for consideration:(1) Whether the trial court erred in retroactively applying I.C. 22-3^1-12.1 1 to Samm’s termination of employment; and (2) Whether the trial court improperly granted Great Dane’s motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

On July 25, 1997, Samm filed a complaint in Vigo Superior Court asserting the following: Sam began his…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Frampton v. Central Indiana Gas CompanyIndiana Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Jarboe v. Landmark Community Newspapers of Indiana, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1994
  3. McClanahan v. Remington Freight Lines, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Pepkowski v. Life of Indiana Insurance Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1989
  5. Van Eaton v. FinkIndiana Court of Appeals · 1998

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Gilbert Jarrard v. Cdi Telecommunications, Inc. And Crawford & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
  2. David Goetzke v. Ferro Corporation and Crawford & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  3. Branham v. Celadon Trucking Services, Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 2001
  4. Martin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Powdertech, Inc. v. JoganicIndiana Court of Appeals · 2002

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