Court Opinion

ID: 9712976
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:04:17.612914+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:15.589006
License: Public Domain

*232GIVAN, Justice,
concurring.
Although I agree with the result of the majority in this case, I cannot agree with the dictum contained in the majority opinion stating that the case of City of Crawfordsville v. Michael (1985), Ind.App., 479 N.E.2d 102, trans. denied (1986), Ind., 487 N.E.2d 159 was incorrectly decided. That observation is entirely unnecessary in the decision of this case. The present case is readily distinguishable from the Michael case in that, as stated in the majority opinion, McCarty had sued the hospital and Dr. Cacdac separately and the cases were consolidated.
There is no question that the majority has reached the right decision that the amendment filed in January of 1988 by McCarty in fact did relate back to the original allegations. I think the dictum concerning the Michael case is in error and entirely unnecessary.