Ostendorf v. Kenyon

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• purpose of discretionary function exception is that courts are not an appropriate forum to review and second guess acts of government which involve exercise of judgment
• discretionary acts require balancing of complex and competing factors at planning stage
• discretionary acts require balancing of complex and competing factors at planning stage
• State’s choice of information to place in the Minnesota Driver’s Manual was a discretionary act, but summary judgment was improper because plaintiffs had also raised a material issue of fact as to whether the State had a duty to place more or better warning signs on a particular highway

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