Sauders v. County of Steuben

HOFFMAN, Presiding Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant Betty Jean Sauders, personal representative of Mark Sowles' estate, appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment to the defendants-ap-pellees.

The facts relevant to this appeal disclose that on April 28, 1986, at approximately 11:00 P.M., Mark Sowles was operating a motor vehicle which rear-ended the patrol car of Dennis Fee of the Angola Police Department. Due to Fee's involvement in the accident, Indiana State Police Trooper Richard Lewis investigated the accident. Lewis noticed a strong odor of alcohol on Sowles' breath and that Sowles'…