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SHERIFF v. PRICE

No. 60S01-1012-CV-665.

954 N.E.2d 451 (2011)

PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF, Appellant (Defendant below), v. Pamela PRICE, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

October 6, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Stephenson , Stephenson Morow & Semler,, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Keith L. Johnson , Johnson Law Office, Terre Haute, IN, James R. Fisher , Debra H. Miller , Miller & Fisher, LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Ashley Howell , Cincinnati Insurance, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

RUCKER, Justice.

At issue in this case is whether a County Sheriff Department that neither owns, maintains, nor controls a county road nonetheless owes a common law duty to warn the public of known hazardous conditions upon the roadway. We conclude it does not.

Facts and Procedural History

On the morning of November 27, 2007, at approximately 7:15 a.m., Pamela Price was driving northbound on County Road 375 West in Putnam County, Indiana. When Price...

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