A default judgment awarding a plaintiff $500,000 in damages in a personal injury suit against a Gary Menards store will stand after a divided Indiana Supreme Court declined to hear the home-improvement chain’s appeal.
Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justice Steven David voted to grant the petition to grant transfer in Menard Inc. v. Reba Lane, 45A03-1606-CT-01283. The split decision finalizes the Indiana Court of Appeals ruling affirming the award.
