ROMERO v. HOPPAL

No. 92-159.

855 P.2d 366 (1993)

Ernest D. ROMERO; State of Wyoming; and Wyoming State Highway Department, Petitioners, v. Richard W. HOPPAL individually and as Personal Representative of Jean M. Hoppal, deceased; Michelle Hoppal, Anita Hoppal, and Greg Hoppal by their next friend, Richard W. Hoppal, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

June 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josephine T. Porter, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioners.

Mitchell E. Osborn, Cheyenne, for respondents.

Robert W. Tiedeken of Wolf & Tiedeken and George Santini of Graves, Santini & Villemez, Cheyenne, for amicus curiae, Wyoming Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Before MACY, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, GOLDEN and TAYLOR, JJ.


CARDINE, Justice.

This was an action by respondents Hoppal against petitioners, State of Wyoming and its employee, to recover personal injury and wrongful death damages. The State of Wyoming, claiming the bar of governmental immunity, moved for summary judgment. Respondents Hoppal moved also for summary judgment. The trial court denied the State's summary judgment motion and partially granted Hoppals' summary judgment, holding immunity was not available to the State...

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