Feise v. Cherokee County

I concur in the holding that the trial court correctly granted summary judgment on the claim that the defendants negligently induced an identification of Kramer. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s conclusion that the trial court erred in granting summary judgment to the defendants on the claim that Cherokee County and its sheriff negligently failed to protect Mrs. Feise from Kramer’s attack.

One of the functions of government is to provide police protec*24tion for citizens within its jurisdiction. Thus, the police have a general duty to protect citizens from criminal attack by third…