eBook details
- Title: City Kotzebue v. Douglas Mclean
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 12, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
Description
The principal issue presented in this appeal is the extent of a police officers duty to respond to a life-threatening situation. Appellee Douglas McLean claims that the City of Kotzebue (the city) was negligent in preventing a stabbing of McLean because a Kotzebue police officer failed to promptly respond to a life-threatening phone call made by McLeans assailant prior to the attack. The superior court instructed the jury that the city, acting through its police officers, had a duty to exercise ordinary or reasonable care for the safety of McLean. The city appeals from a jury verdict in favor of McLean. We affirm.