Court Opinion

ID: 9717431
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:03:25.534247+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:53.162717
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GIVAN, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion in this case. I disagree with the observation of the majority that the case of Seymour Nat’l. Bank v. State (1981), Ind., 422 N.E.2d 1223, placed an improper interpretation upon the law enforcement section of the Indiana Tort Claims Act, Ind.Code § 34-4-16.5-3(7). As stated in Seymour, the language of the statute is clear. Whether the members of this Court disagree with that language, is beside the point. It is improper for this Court to rewrite the statute and to attribute meaning to that statute which is clearly not there.
The opinion in the majority is an excellent argument to be used in the legislature to bring about a change in the language of the statute in order that law enforcement officers might be responsible for the acts described by the majority opinion. Seymour was decided correctly and followed the clear and unambiguous language of the statute.
I would deny transfer in this case.
SHEPARD, C.J., concurs.