KARI v. CITY OF MAPLEWOOD

No. C8-97-823.

582 N.W.2d 921 (1998)

Lillian Helena KARI, petitioner, Appellant, v. CITY OF MAPLEWOOD, et al., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 27, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierre N. Regnier, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, P.L.L.P., St. Paul, for Respondents.

Patrick K. Horan, Meshbesher & Spence, Ltd., Woodbury, for Appellant.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


OPINION

STRINGER, Justice.

We consider once again whether the complex concept of official immunity applies to the conduct of a government official—here in the context of a public employee driving an emergency vehicle in response to an emergency call. Paul Everson, a paramedic employed by respondent City of Maplewood, was driving an emergency vehicle to the scene of a medical emergency when his vehicle struck appellant Lillian Helena Kari as she crossed...

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