California Court of Appeal

Vehicle Code section 17004.7, which exempts law enforcement agencies from injuries resulting from car chases, applies when a pursuing officer hits and kills a person who is involved in a collision of the suspect's vehicle in the path of the officer's vehicle.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2001
• Published 10/25/2001

Judges

• SCOTLAND, P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Downey;  Baum, Hedlund, Guilford & Schiavo;  Paul J. Hedlund, Los Angeles, and J. Clark Aristei, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Terence J. Cassidy and Kristina M. Hall, Sacramento, for Defendants and Respondents.