Hildenbrand v. Cox

WOLLE, Justice.

On March 24, 1983, Corydon police officer Jerry Cox investigated an accident in which an automobile driven by Roger D. Hildenbrand collided with a flower pot in the town square of Corydon, Iowa. Cox suspected intoxication, conducted a field sobriety test, then decided not to arrest Hil-denbrand but instead issued him a citation for failing to have his vehicle under control. Hildenbrand drove his automobile away from the scene of that aceidént and shortly thereafter was killed in another collision. Hildenbrand’s estate brought this wrongful death action against defendants Cox…