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TETON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT. v. BASSETT

Nos. 98-342, 98-343.

8 P.3d 1079 (2000)

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF TETON COUNTY, by and on Behalf of the TETON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, Appellants (Defendants), v. Rayce B. BASSETT and Patricia Bassett; and Michael Coziah and, Sonia Coziah, Appellees (Plaintiffs). State of Wyoming, by and on behalf of the Wyoming Highway Patrol, Appellant (Defendant), v. Rayce B. Bassett and Patricia Bassett; and Michael Coziah and, Sonia Coziah, Appellees (Plaintiffs).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

July 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Board of County Commissioners of Teton County, by and on behalf of the Teton County Sheriff's Department: Paul K. Knight of Mullikin, Larson & Swift LLC, Jackson, Wyoming.

Representing State, by and on behalf of the Wyoming Highway Patrol: Gay Woodhouse, Attorney General; John W. Renneisen, Deputy Attorney General; Dennis M. Coll, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Francisco L. Romero, Assistant Attorney General, Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Representing Appellees: David G. Lewis, Jackson, Wyoming.

Before LEHMAN, C.J., and THOMAS, MACY, and GOLDEN, JJ., and GRANT, D.J.

GRANT, District Judge.

These appeals are from the judgment on a jury verdict against officers of the Wyoming Highway Patrol and the Teton County Sheriff's Department after trial of appellees' claim that the officers were at fault in the establishment and operation of a roadblock to stop a fleeing suspect on U.S. Highway 89 north of Jackson, on March 15, 1995. Appellees were driving toward Jackson when they encountered the roadblock and, at the direction of the officers...

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