Monday, January 4, 1999
Sandra H. Laskey vs Martin County Sheriff's Dept.

No. 92,931

Place of Origin
Martin County

Facts
Laskey's husband was killed in a head-on collision with a vehicle proceeding the wrong way on an Interstate. Shortly before the collision, an unidentified caller phoned the local 911 service, operated by the Martin County Sheriff's Department, to report the misdirected vehicle. Laskey argued that the Department had a duty to dispatch someone to stop the vehicle but failed to do so. The trial court dismissed the complaint, and the Fourth District Court affirmed on appeal.