DeLong v. CITY AND CTY. OF DENVER

On February 13, 1971, an automobile driven by Svea Virginia DeLong, the plaintiff-appellant, collided with a Denver police patrol car at the intersection of West Evans Avenue and South Sheridan Boulevard in Denver. The patrol car was responding to an emergency fire call and was proceeding through the intersection against a red light. It was stipulated that the Denver police officer, John Ronald DeWitt, who was driving the patrol car, was acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the accident.

Plaintiff filed an action against the City and County of Denver and Officer DeWitt. It…