Hopkins v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Lockett, J.:

Plaintiffs filed a civil action alleging negligence on the part of the defendant law enforcement officers and various governmental entities for damages resulting from the apprehension of an intruder who had occupied the plaintiffs’ mobile home. After dismissing several defendants from the lawsuit, the district court granted the remaining defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

On July 29, 1981, an individual named Randall O’Brien illegally entered a mobile home owned by the plaintiffs. At the time of his entry, there was no one present in…