Legal Opinion
Blankenship v. Kootenai County
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 1994No. 20035PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TROUT, Justice.
This appeal is brought by the Blankenships from a summary judgment entered in favor of Kootenai County. This appeal arose from an unfortunate incident where personal mementoes of Justin Blankenship, the appellants’ deceased son, were destroyed following a wrongful death trial brought by the Blankenships. The Blankenships filed suit against the State and County for the alleged negligent destruction of the exhibits. The district court ruled, based upon uncontroverted facts, that as a matter of law Kootenai County could not be responsible for the alleged negligent acts of the…
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