Legal Opinion
Sankey v. Richenberger
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 23, 1990No. 89-642PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMAN, Justice.
The plaintiffs in this case are the unfortunate victims of a shooting spree that occurred in the Mt. Pleasant city council chambers on December 10, 1986. Their suit is directed at defendant Jerry Richen-berger, the Mt. Pleasant police chief, for his alleged failure to take action to subdue the gunman and protect council members Joann Sankey and Ronald Dupree from injury. The district court ruled as a matter of law that Richenberger had no duty to these individual plaintiffs under the circumstances. We agree and affirm the district court’s entry of summary judgment for the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
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