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BELL v. CITY OF DES MOINES

No. 86-1048.

412 N.W.2d 585 (1987)

James P. BELL, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of William B. Argumedo, Deceased; Mary A. Bell; James P. Bell, Father and Next Best Friend of Audra Bell, A Minor; Richard Argumedo; and Cathy Williams, Appellees, v. The CITY OF DES MOINES, Iowa; John Doe and Other Unknown Individual Officers of the Des Moines Police Department, Respondents, and Dennis Kendall and WHO-TV, A Division of Palmer Communications Incorporated, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 23, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Koop Johnson and Neil J. Fruit, II, of Whitfield, Musgrave, Selvy, Kelly & Eddy, Des Moines, and Michael A. Giudicessi, Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas J. Lenihan of Reed & Lenihan, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, LAVORATO, and NEUMAN, JJ.

LARSON, Justice.

When William Argumedo committed suicide in Des Moines in 1986, several observers were present, including Des Moines police officers and television reporters from WHO-TV and two other Des Moines stations. Portions of the videotapes made at the scene were aired as a part of the stations' regular newscasts. The plaintiffs, to whom we will refer collectively as Bells, contemplated a suit against the city based on the police officers' handling of the threatened...

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