Walker v. Meadows

Sheriff Don Meadows of Mercer County and the Mercer County Commission present two certified questions concerning the Governmental Tort Claims and Insurance Reform Act, the public duty doctrine, and the application of the special relationship exception to the public duty doctrine. The underlying civil action, styled Barbara Walker and Teressa Dell Walker v. Don Meadows, Sheriff of Mercer County, and the Mercer County Commission, originated in the Circuit Court of Mercer County, Judge David Knight presiding. We decline to answer the first question based upon our determination that an answer to…