NORGEOT v. STATE

No. 13971.

334 N.W.2d 501 (1983)

Suzanne M. NORGEOT, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. STATE of South Dakota; South Dakota Department of Transportation; and South Dakota Division of Highways, Defendants and Appellants, and Francis B. Thompson; Eugene L. Rowen, Secretary of Transportation; Charles T. Larson, Director of Highways; Minnehaha County, a Public Corporation; Mapleton Township, a Public Corporation; John R. Reiff; Delmar E. Van Ekeren; Marlyn V. Holm; Mary L. Schultz; Stephanie Lawrence; and Donna Yager, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derald W. Wiehl of May, Johnson, Doyle & Becker, Sioux Falls, for plaintiff and appellee.

Camron Hoseck, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for defendants and appellants; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.


DUNN, Justice.

This is an intermediate appeal from an order denying dismissal of a suit on the basis of a sovereign immunity defense. We affirm.

Suzanne M. Norgeot (appellee) filed a personal injury action in July of 1982 alleging negligence on the part of the State of South Dakota, the Department of Transportation, the Division of Highways, and others who do not appear before us on this intermediate appeal. The State, the Department and the Division shall...

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