(Download) "Anna Irene Hammond v. Kootenai County" by Supreme Court of Idaho No. 9741 # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Anna Irene Hammond v. Kootenai County
- Author : Supreme Court of Idaho No. 9741
- Release Date : January 03, 1966
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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Decedent, Robert L. Hammond, was at the time of his death on August 17, 1964, a deputy sheriff of Kootenai county, forty-five years of age. For a number of years prior thereto he had been treated by his doctor for progressive hypertensive cardiovascular disease. His hours of employment were normally from 5:00 p. m. until 1:00 a. m. During the two weeks preceding death he had been working longer hours than usual, and his widow testified he was tired and tense from his work and the long hours. About 11:00 p. m. on August 16, 1964, deceased drove to Hauser Lake where he assisted in the investigation of a burglary and visited with the village marshal. He then drove to the Rainbow Inn for coffee and was followed by the marshal in another car. While enroute they came upon the scene of an accident. There was a car off the road a few feet down a steep embankment. An injured man was lying beside the road. Deceased and the marshal stopped their cars and decedent took charge of the accident situation. He directed the marshal to set out flares, and himself went down the bank to the car to ascertain whether another injured person might be therein. He then came back to his own car and using his car radio called for an ambulance and assistance from the state police. While talking on the radio his speech became garbled. State policeman Wright, who arrived on the scene within five to ten minutes found deceased in his car unconscious, still clutching the transmitter through which he had just been talking. Deceased was taken to a hospital where he died the next day without regaining consciousness.