Legal Opinion
General Motors Corp. v. Arnett
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided April 8, 1981No. 2-780A246PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SULLIVAN, Judge.
Defendant-Appellant, General Motors Corporation (G.M.), appeals an interlocutory order of the Tipton Circuit Court pursuant to Ind.Rules of Procedure, Appellate Rule 4(B)(5) and presents for review the following issue:
Whether the trial court erred in denying G.M.’s motion for summary judgment, when the plaintiff in a wrongful death action filed her complaint within the statutory period of the Indiana Wrongful Death Act, I.C. 34-1-1-2 (Burns Code Ed. 1973), but was not duly appointed the decedent’s personal representative until after the statutory period had expired.
We reverse.
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