Court Opinion

ID: 9736381
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 18:54:14.74513+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:27:06.338424
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BAENES, Judge,
concurring in result.
I concur in result with the majority’s decision to reverse the trial court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of Dunn. I agree that State v. Ensley, 240 Ind. 472, 164 N.E.2d 342 (1960), is directly on point. As in Ensley, at issue here is the construction of a median that makes access to Dunn’s property more circuitous and inconvenient. Ensley, 240 Ind. at 486, 164 N.E.2d at 348. I also believe that even if Dunn suffered a decline in his business because of the construction of the median, he has not shown that the construction of the median resulted in a “particular private injury” greater than such suffered by the public generally. Id. at 484, 164 N.E.2d 342, 240 N.E.2d at 347. Dunn’s property was accessed by a State-owned service road prior to the construction and continues to be accessed by the same service road after the construction. The building of the median did not result in a private injury to Dunn.
However, I must depart with the majority regarding its discussion of State v. Kimco, 881 N.E.2d 987 (Ind.Ct.App.2007), trans. granted. As the author of Kimco, I am well aware of the facts of that case, and I must conclude that it is inapposite to the case before us today. Kimco arose from a different procedural posture and a significantly different factual scenario. Although transfer has been granted in Kimco, the facts of this case are on all fours with Ensley; the facts of Kimco, in my opinion, were not. Accordingly, I concur in result.