Legal Opinion
Melene James v. City of Boise
Idaho Supreme Court
Decided May 21, 2015No. 42053-2014PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
EISMANN, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the plaintiffs claims seeking to recover damages resulting from being bitten by a police dog when she was mistaken for a burglar. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
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Factual Background.
On Sunday, December 26, 2010, at about 5:22 p.m., a citizen made a 911 telephone call to report a breaking and entering at a dental’ office in Boise. The citizen told the operator that he was at his family’s house and heard glass breaking at the dental office across the street. When he went to investigate, he saw a woman about halfway…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- James v. City of BoiseSupreme Court of the United States · 2016