Board of County Commissioners Ex Rel. Teton County Sheriff's Department v. Bassett

GRANT, District Judge.

These appeals are from the judgment on a jury verdict against officers of the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Teton County Sheriff s Department after trial of appellees' claim that the officers were at fault in the establishment and operation of a roadblock to stop a fleeing suspect on U.S. Highway 89 north of Jackson, on March 15, 1995. Appellees were driving toward Jackson when they encountered the roadblock and, at the direction of the officers, passed through it just ahead of the high-speed flight of the suspect, Steve Ortega (Ortega), whose car crashed into…