Legal Opinion

DeWald v. State

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided May 23, 1986No. 84-269, 84-270PublishedCited by 102 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CARDINE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted the State of Wyoming and its employees in an action brought under the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act.

The issues we must determine in this appeal are whether patrolmen Baltimore and Keigley had a qualified immunity for their actions in operating their patrol cars at the time of this accident; whether summary judgment in favor of appellees, Officers Baltimore and Keigley and the State of Wyoming, was appropriate; and whether the officers owed a duty only to the public and not to appellant, Allan DeWald, as an individual.

We…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Commercial Carrier Corp. v. Indian River Cty.Supreme Court of Florida · 1979
  3. Coffey v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
  4. King v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1974
  5. Brennen v. City of EugeneOregon Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by102 opinions

  1. Wallace v. Ohio Dept. of CommerceOhio Supreme Court · 2002
  2. Haynes v. Hamilton CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Boyer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1991
  4. Beal for Martinez v. City of SeattleWashington Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Tice v. CramerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1993

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