WHALEN v. COUNTY OF CLARK

No. 10735.

613 P.2d 407 (1980)

Patricia WHALEN, Helen Noonan, Jean Noonan Ruffell, and John Joseph Noonan, Jr., Appellants, v. COUNTY OF CLARK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 27, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. Crockett, Jr., Las Vegas, for appellants.

Richard H. Bryan, Atty. Gen., Carson City and James R. Olson, Las Vegas, for respondent.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellants are relatives of Francis Whalen and John Noonan, Sr., who were killed in 1977 by one Kahlil ben Maatallah. Appellants brought suit in the district court against respondent Clark County, the State of Nevada, and the Las Vegas Mental Health Center. The complaint alleged, among other things, that respondent Clark County had negligently failed to prosecute ben Maatallah for a murder he allegedly committed in 1965, had negligently...

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