NEWLAND v. HOLLAND

No. 78-1119.

624 P.2d 933 (1981)

Dorris J. NEWLAND, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. B. P. HOLLAND, and the City and County of Denver, Defendants-Appellants, and Robert Dill, other John Does, Arthur Dill, Chief of Police of the Police Department of the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, John Does 1-100, as unknown members of the Denver Sheriff's Department, Wayne K. Patterson, as Warden of the City Jail of the City and County of Denver, Dan Cronin, Manager of Safety and Excise and Ex-Officio Sheriff of the City and County of Denver, Defendants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. II.

February 19, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marks & Olom, Jonathan L. Olom, Gerash & Robinson, P. C., Walter L. Gerash, Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Wood, Ris & Hames, P. C., Eugene S. Hames, Denver, for defendants-appellants.


PIERCE, Judge.

Plaintiff, Dorris J. Newland, brought this wrongful death action against defendant B. P. Holland and others for the death of her husband, Carl Newland (decedent). Holland and the City and County of Denver (defendants) appeal from the judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff. We affirm.

While investigating a reported robbery on April 9, 1976, police officer Holland stopped and questioned decedent near the scene of the crime...

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