City of Valparaiso v. Edgecomb

GARRARD, Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of the city's motion for summary judgment. That motion asserted governmental immunity under IC 34-4-16.5-3(7).

The facts disclose that Edgecomb's automobile made a right hand turn into the outer southbound lane of Roosevelt Road in Valparaiso. It was then struck by a northbound city police car traveling in the same southbound lane. At the time the police car was travelling an estimated 35-40 miles per hour. Its lights were activated but its siren was not. The police car was engaged in passing a northbound funeral procession in…