Lindquist v. Moran

A Jefferson County jury returned a verdict in favor of defendants McFadden and Jefferson County in a personal injury case arising out of a traffic accident. The District Court granted plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. McFadden and Jefferson County now appeal.

In the early morning hours of June 25, 1976, Jefferson County deputy sheriff McFadden stopped a vehicle being driven toward Whitehall from the Boulder area by a Wendell Gary Schloss after observing erratic driving patterns. McFadden administered a coordination test which Schloss failed. Schloss was then arrested for driving under the…