Steinke v. City of Andover

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• stating statutory immunity protects the government only when it can produce , evidence its conduct was of a policy-making nature
• exercising only scientific or professional judgment to implement a policy manual is not discretionary
• common earthen drainage ditch not hidden or artificial condition, where plaintiff failed to make even cursory inspection of land before snowmobiling
• “Discretionary immunity protects the government only when it can produce evidence its conduct was of a policy-making nature involving social, political, or economic considerations, rather than merely professional or scientific judgments.”
• “We have recognized that the government’s initial decision, whether to place signs warning the public of potential hazards, is protected as a discretionary function because it involves the consideration of several policy factors.”
• “[The county’s] decision to place signs only along county roads and recognized right-of-ways involved more than merely a professional or scientific judgment; it involved the type of political, social and economic considerations that lie at the center of discretionary action.”

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