TIERNAN v. STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP.

No. S-11-0058.

262 P.3d 561 (2011)

2011 WY 143

William Scott TIERNAN, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. The STATE of Wyoming, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellee (Defendant).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Representing Appellant: R. Michael Vang of Fleener & Vang, LLC, Laramie, Wyoming.

Representing Appellee: Gregory A. Phillips , Wyoming Attorney General; Robin Sessions Cooley , Deputy Attorney General; Douglas J. Moench , Senior Assistant Attorney General; John S. Shumway , Assistant Attorney General.

Before KITE, C.J., and GOLDEN, HILL, VOIGT, and BURKE, JJ.


KITE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] A Wyoming State Trooper stopped William Scott Tiernan on suspicion of driving while impaired after he observed Mr. Tiernan's vehicle cross the center line and the fog line a couple of times. The trooper conducted field sobriety tests and arrested Mr. Tiernan for driving under the influence of alcohol. Mr. Tiernan refused to submit to chemical testing and the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) advised him that it intended to...

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