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· 10/29/1990

Compton v. Pletch

Citations

  • 561 N.E.2d 803
  • 1990 Ind. App. LEXIS 1389
  • 1990 WL 166982

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[A] trial court has a duty to instruct the jury concerning [the sudden emergency doctrine] if there is any evidence to support its application.”
  • “[Ujnder either a contributory negligence or comparative fault system, the sudden emergency doctrine is a vital tool to explain to a jury the standard of conduct to determine ‘fault’ in an emergency.”
  • sudden emergency doctrine not abrogated by the Act

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Judges: Buchanan, Shields, Sullivan

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