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HANSEN v. STATE

No. 94-165.

528 N.W.2d 547 (1995)

Duane S. HANSEN, Administrator of the Estate of Laura L. Hansen, Deceased; Duane S. Hansen; Jeffrey J. Hansen, and Julie A. Hansen, Appellants, v. STATE of Iowa and Town of Arnolds Park, Iowa, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Grace of Dickinson, Mackaman, Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Des Moines, and David A. Scott of Cornwall, Avery, Bjornstad & Scott, Spencer, for appellants.

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Robin G. Formaker and Richard E. Mull, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee State of Iowa.

Lee H. Gaudineer of Austin, Gaudineer, Austin, Salmons & Swanson, Des Moines, and Harold W. White of Fitzgibbons Brothers, Estherville, for appellee Town of Arnolds Park.

Considered by HARRIS, LARSON, CARTER, LAVORATO, and SNELL, JJ.

HARRIS, Justice.

The trial court held that governmental entities are not liable for their negligence so long as they comply with established state policy. Because compliance with the policy was established, summary judgments were entered in this wrongful death suit. We affirm.

Laura L. Hansen, plaintiffs' decedent,1 was killed as a result of an accident on U.S. highway 71 within the town of Arnolds Park. The accident occurred at...

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