Gonzales v. City of Bozeman

¶54 This Court’s public duty doctrine has claimed yet another innocent victim. Last time, it was Doris Nelson, a widow whose husband died as the result of medical care provided by an unqualified, unprofessional, and corrupt physician whom the State Board of Medical Examiners nevertheless licensed to practice medicine in this state. See Doris Nelson v. State, 2008 MT 336, 346 Mont. 206, 195 P.3d 293. This time, it is Leah Gonzales, a six-months-pregnant employee of a Bozeman Town Pump who was raped in the store’s restroom on April 3, 2005, while local law enforcement officers, having responded…