Lewis v. Marmon

Miller, J.:

The plaintiffs have appealed from an order of the district court granting summary judgment to defendants in actions brought by plaintiff arising out of the death of Darrell Lewis.

The facts are that on February 23, 1977, defendant Everett Marmon, a police officer employed by the City of Kansas City, Kansas, was patroling the Armourdale district of that city. At approximately 1:00 p.m., he was dispatched to assist Ronald Sprowl, another officer, in investigating a possible burglary in progress involving two black males in a vacant house.

Officer Sprowl arrived at the scene first and…