MAFFEI v. TOWN OF KEMMERER

No. 2843.

80 Wyo. 33 (1959)

338 P.2d 808

Lela Irene MAFFEI and Lela Irene Maffei, Guardian Ad-Litem of Charles Albert Maffei, Carol Irene Maffei and John Jay Maffei, Minors, Appellants (Plaintiffs below), v. INCORPORATED TOWN OF KEMMERER, Wyoming, Appellee (Defendant below).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

April 21, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee S. Nebeker, Green River, and Richard L. Bird, Jr., and C.J. Frost, Salt Lake City, Utah, for appellants.

Edgar J. Herschler, Kemmerer, for appellee.

Before BLUME, C.J., and PARKER and HARNSBERGER, JJ.


OPINION.

Mr. Justice HARNSBERGER delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiffs alleged the town brought about the death of their husband and father through negligence of its police officer in directing deceased to assist him in the pursuit of a felon without warning deceased of the dangerous nature of the pursuit and that defendant's procuring liability insurance which required the insurer not to deny liability on account of municipal immunity except upon...

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