Title: Camoplast Crocker, LLC, The Kelch Corporation, and Seats, Inc. v. Kris Schoolcraft, as Personal Representative of the Wrongful Death Estate of Rickie D. Schoolcraft, Deceased, et al.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 29S02-1407-CT-476
State: Indiana
Issuer: Indiana Supreme Court
Date: July 21, 2014

ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT 
  ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT  
ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE 
CAMOPLAST CROCKER, LLC 
  SEATS, INC. 
 
 
 
Daniel S. Chamberlain 
Bruce P. Clark  
 
  Joshua B. Fleming 
 
 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
Jennifer E. Davis  
 
  Lucy R. Dollens 
Court L. Farrell  
 
  Timothy L. Karns  
 
 
ATTORNEY FOR AMICUS  
Bradley P. Clark  
 
  Indianapolis, Indiana   
 
CURIAE INDIANA TRIAL  
St. John, Indiana 
LAWYERS ASSOCIATION 
 
 ATTORNEYS FOR INTERESTED  
Joseph N. Williams 
ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT        PARTY MAGIC CIRCLE 
 
Indianapolis, Indiana 
THE KELCH CORPORATION 
 CORPORATION D/B/A 
Ryan L. Leitch  
 
 DIXIE CHOPPER 
Zachary T. Lee  
 
 Stephen J. Peters 
Indianapolis, Indiana  
 
 Timothy J. Hulett 
 
 
 
 
 Indianapolis, Indiana 
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In the 
Indiana Supreme Court  
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No. 29S02-1407-CT-476  
 
CAMOPLAST CROCKER, LLC, 
THE KELCH CORPORATION, AND 
 
 
 
 
 
SEATS, INC., 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Appellants (Defendants below), 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
v. 
 
KRIS SCHOOLCRAFT, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE  
OF THE WRONGFUL DEATH ESTATE OF RICKIE D.  
SCHOOLCRAFT, DECEASED,     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Appellee (Plaintiff below),  
 
MAGIC CIRCLE CORPORATION D/B/A 
DIXIE CHOPPER,  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interested Party (Defendant below).  
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Appeal from the Hamilton Superior Court, No. 29D03-1201-CT-000446 
The Honorable William J. Hughes, Judge 
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On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 29A02-1303-CT-273 
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Jul 21 2014, 11:34 am
2 
 
July 21, 2014  
 
 
Per Curiam. 
 
 
The plaintiff sued the original defendant, Magic Circle Corporation d/b/a Dixie Chopper, 
for wrongful death. Later, on the last day before the applicable two-year limitation period 
expired, the plaintiff moved to amend the complaint to add new defendants and tendered an 
amended complaint and summonses for the new defendants.  Eleven days later, the trial court 
granted the plaintiff’s motion to amend.  The new defendants then moved to dismiss or for 
judgment on the pleadings and argued the amendment was too late, outside the limitation period.  
The trial court denied the new defendants’ motions and certified its ruling for discretionary 
interlocutory appeal.   
 
The Court of Appeals affirmed in an opinion authored by Judge May and reported as 
Magic Circle Corp. v. Schoolcraft, 4 N.E.3d 768 (Ind. Ct. App. 2014).  The Court of Appeals 
held the amendment was timely, deciding not to follow A.J.’s Automotive Sales, Inc. v. Freet, 
725 N.E.2d 955, 964-66 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000), reh’g denied, trans. denied, which reached a 
different result under similar facts.   
 
We agree with Judge May’s analysis and the result reached by the Court of Appeals in 
the present appeal.  Accordingly, we grant transfer, expressly adopt and incorporate by reference 
pursuant to Indiana Appellate Rule 58(A)(1) the Court of Appeals opinion in this case, and 
affirm the trial court.  
 
 
Dickson, C.J., and Rucker, David, Massa, and Rush, JJ., concur.