Hameed v. Brown

LAVORATO, Justice.

A Fort Dodge police officer tried to execute an arrest warrant against William Earl Roby, who had allegedly violated a no contact order. Roby escaped from the officer and later assaulted and seriously injured Mary Hameed for whose protection the no contact order had been issued. Hameed sued the city of Fort Dodge, the arresting officer, and the police chief, claiming the city was liable for her injuries on a negligence theory. (Unless otherwise referred to, we refer to these three defendants collectively as the “city.”)

Hameed also sued Willie Smith and Charlie Mae Brown,…