Legal Opinion
Putnam County Sheriff v. Price
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 2011No. 60S01-1012-CV-665PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUCKER, Justice.
At issue in this case is whether a County Sheriff Department that neither owns, maintains, nor controls a county road nonetheless owes a common law duty to warn the public of known hazardous conditions upon the roadway. We conclude it does not.
Facts and Procedural History
On the morning of November 27, 2007, at approximately 7:15 a.m.; Pamela Price was driving northbound on County Road 375 West in Putnam County, Indiana. When Price reached a point approximately adjacent to 5852 County Road 375 West, she encountered ice across the roadway. Price lost control of her vehicle which…
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