Alexander v. County of Walla Walla

Schultheis, A.C.J.

After she drove her car into another vehicle, Mary Alexander sued the County and City of Walla Walla and three individual law enforcement officers, alleging the officers negligently failed to prevent her from driving while drunk. The court dismissed the complaint on summary judgment after finding Ms. Alexander did not fit within any exception to the public duty doctrine under the circumstances she alleged. She contends the court could not make that determination on the disputed facts before it. We disagree and conclude the officers did not owe Ms. Alexander a duty of…