BRYSON v. CITY OF EDMOND

No. 89-6100.

905 F.2d 1386 (1990)

Ruth Ann BRYSON, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Patty Husband; Gary Chambers, individually and as administrator of the estate of Patty Chambers and as guardian and next friend of Tricia Chambers; Janet Esser, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Richard Esser and as guardian and next friend of Richard Esser, III and Shannon Esser; Lisa Hamilton, individually and as representative of the estate of Patricia Gabbard; Kim Baker, individually and as representative of the estate of Patricia Gabbard; Judith Morey, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Kenneth Morey; Robert Morey, individually; Carla Phillips, individually and as executrix of the estate of Leroy O. Phillips and as guardian and next friend for Craig Arthur Phillips and Christopher Lee Phillips; Dorothy Pyle, individually and as executrix and personal representative of the estate of Jerry Pyle; Lynda Rockne, individually and as administratrix of the estate of Paul Rockne and as guardian and next friend of Damien Rockne; Gene Bray; Lois Bray; Ron Blackwell; William Nimmo; Tracy Sanchez; Steven Vick; and Judy Walker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF EDMOND, a municipal corporation; Clent Dedek, individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Edmond; John Doe, individually; William Savage, individually; and Dale Fowlkes, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 12, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Angel, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert J. Turner and Richard J. Goralewicz, of Turner, Turner & Braun (Kenneth W. Turner, with them on the brief), Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees City of Edmond and Clent Dedek.

Wm. Lee Borden, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty. (Robert E. Mydans, U.S. Atty., and John E. Green, First Asst. U.S. Atty., with him on the brief), Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellees Dale Fowlkes and William Savage.

Before ANDERSON and EBEL, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, Senior District Judge.


CHRISTENSEN, Senior District Judge.

In this civil rights action, the plaintiffs-appellants have appealed from orders of the district court granting the defendants' motions to dismiss the complaint for failure to state claims on which relief can be granted and dismissing the action.

The plaintiffs or their decedents were injured or killed on August 20, 1986, when shot by a deranged fellow post office employee, Henry Patrick Sherrill, inside the Edmond, Oklahoma...

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