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ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLANT
Gene F. Price Steven P. Langdon Frost Brown Todd, LLC New Albany, Indiana

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLEE
Terry Noffsinger Noffsinger Law, P.C. Evansville, Indiana

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Sep 30 2010, 2:26 pm

FILED
of the supreme court, court of appeals and tax court

In the

Indiana Supreme Court
_________________________________ No. 31S01-0909-CV-403 CAESARS RIVERBOAT CASINO, LLC,

CLERK

Appellant (Plaintiff below), v. GENEVIEVE M. KEPHART, Appellee (Defendant below). _________________________________ Appeal from the Harrison Circuit Court, No. 31C01-0701-CC-005 The Honorable H. Lloyd Whitis, Judge _________________________________ On Petition To Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 31A01-0711-CV-530 _________________________________

September 30, 2010

Rucker, Justice.

A casino sued a patron for unpaid counter checks. The patron, a pathological gambler, countersued for damages because the casino knowingly enticed and encouraged the patron to gamble. We granted transfer to determine if casino patrons have a common law cause of action for damages stemming from the consequences of gambling losses.

Background

Historically, Indiana has prohibited gambling. The restrictions date back to at least 1851 when the State adopted a Constitution that contained a prohibition against lotteries thereby making various forms of gambling unlawful. Ind. Const. Art. 15

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