Court Opinion

ID: 9845607
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 03:25:06.620423+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:16.051960
License: Public Domain

BAKES, Chief Justice,
concurring in part and dissenting in part:
I agree with that part of the Court’s opinion which concludes that the summary judgment record in this case is inadequate to make a final decision on whether or not the county’s action in maintaining the Hot Springs Road was immune under the discretionary function exception of the Idaho Tort Claims Act, I.C. § 6-904(1). I also agree with that part of the Court’s opinion which concludes that the trial court erred in not recognizing that the plaintiffs’ claim that the Hot Springs Road was improperly designed and constructed is subject to analysis under the special immunity requirements for highway plan or design claims under I.C. § 6-904(8), something which was not done below.
However, I would affirm the dismissal of the claims of both Eldon and Betty Bingham for negligent infliction of emotional distress for the claimed wrongful death of the unborn twins.