WHITE EAGLE v. CITY OF FORT PIERRE

No. 21997.

647 N.W.2d 716 (2002)

2002 SD 68

Daron WHITE EAGLE, as Special Administrator for the Estate of Darell Thomas White Eagle, Deceased, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF FORT PIERRE, South Dakota, a Political Subdivision, as Employer, and Entity, and Kevin Steever, in his capacity as Chief of Police of Fort Pierre, jointly and severally and in their individual capacity, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin L. Zephier of Abourezk & Zephier, Rapid City, for appellant.

Brent Wilbur of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, for appellee Kevin Steever in his individual capacity.

Thomas Harmon, Karla L. Engle of Tieszen Law Office, Pierre, for appellees City of Fort Pierre and Kevin Steever in his official capacity.


AMUNDSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Daron White Eagle, special administrator for the estate of his father, Darrell Thomas White Eagle, (White Eagle) sued the City of Fort Pierre, South Dakota (City), Kevin Steever in his capacity as the former chief of police in City (Steever (officially)), and Steever individually (Steever (individually)), alleging the defendants negligently or intentionally caused the death of his father. The trial court dismissed with prejudice the...

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