Soles v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MACY, Justice.
Appellants Gaylene Soles and Kenneth Soles sought to recover damages from Ap-pellee State of Wyoming, alleging that the State was negligent in inspecting the stairway on which Mrs. Soles fell and injured herself. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the State on the basis that the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act does not permit tort suits for negligent inspections of buildings.
We affirm.
The Soleses pose these questions:
I. Does a governmental entity which performs periodic inspections as part of maintenance on a building waive immunity for negligently…
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