Katrina Murray and Aquila F. Flynn, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Jaylan T.r. Murray, Deceased…

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court held that Jaylan Murray was contributorily negligent as a matter of law because, at age sixteen, he left school to engage in a dangerous criminal venture. Under Indiana's common-law contributory-negligence rule applicable to governmental entities, even slight causation by the claimant's negligence bars recovery. The court therefore affirmed summary judgment for the school defendants and declined to decide their statutory-immunity defense.