Court Opinion

ID: 9518502
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:54:42.997639+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:29:22.167347
License: Public Domain

SULLIVAN, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I fully coneur with respect to Part I. However, I respectfully dissent as to Part IL.
The dispute resolved today is a dispute litigated in good faith by both parties. Each party has advanced plausible argument and each position finds a degree of support in Indiana case law. Accordingly, prior to our decision today, and although the trial court found for the Estate, it would not 'have been appropriate to conclude that Steiner breached the contract by refusing to sign the disclaimer.
By hindsight, it may be stated that Steiner did in fact breach the contract. But such breach, given the legitimate dispute between the parties, is not, in my view, a basis for reversing the trial court's order for each party to pay their own attorney fees.
I would affirm the judgment of the trial court in all respects.