O'DELL v. City of Breckenridge

LOWENSTEIN, Chief Judge.

This case involves a summary judgment granted against the appellants in a suit that involved a fire hydrant that failed to provide water to extinguish a fire on the appellants’ property. The appellants alleged the fire hydrant constituted a dangerous condition of public property. “Dangerous condition” of public property is an exception to sovereign immunity which would allow the appellants to recover damages. The appellants include: Ben O’Dell’s sister and brother-in-law whose names appear on the deed to the current home and Ben O’Dell, his ex-wife and grandchildren…