City of Laramie v. Facer

URBIGKIT, Chief Justice.

By appellate review, we are asked whether participation by local governments in a pool fund pursuant to W.S. 1 — 39—118(c)(ii) constitutes a purchase of insurance which would waive governmental immunity under W.S. l-39-118(b) constituting a section of the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act, W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120, enacted in 1979.1 We hold that the governmental unit pool fund creation and participation is not the purchase of liability insurance coverage and no waiver of governmental immunity under that insurance coverage exception results.

We reverse the decision…