Supreme Court of California

A law enforcement officer, in directing a traffic violator to stop in a particular location, has a legal duty to use reasonable care for the safety of the persons in the stopped vehicle and not not expose such persons to an unreasonable risk of harm.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2001
• Published 08/16/2001

Judges

•  GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Office of Steven W. O'Reilly, Charles B. O'Reilly, Steven W. O'Reilly, Marina Del Rey;  Haight, Brown & Bonesteel and Rita Gunasekaran, Santa Monica, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Pamela Smith-Steward, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Margaret A. Rodda, Assistant Attorney General, Kristin G. Hogue and Karen M. Walter, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Respondents.