AUSTIN v. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE

No. 17276-PR.

140 Ariz. 579 (1984)

684 P.2d 151

Wallace AUSTIN, special administrator of the Estate of Jesse Austin, deceased, for and on behalf of the deceased's children and mother, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arizona, In Banc.

June 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Stephan, Jr., Phoenix, for plaintiff-appellant.

O'Connor, Cavanagh, Anderson, Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, by M.E. Rake, Jr., Larry L. Smith, Phoenix, for defendant-appellee.


GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

At 10:33 p.m. Thursday, May 6, 1976, an anonymous caller telephoned the Scottsdale Police Department and told the dispatcher that she had information that a certain person's life "might be in danger." The caller refused to give her name or the source of her information and said she did not know who was to be the perpetrator. However, she identified the potential victim as Jesse Austin, gave his...

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