United States Ninth Circuit

The "firefighter's rule", barring firefighters and police officers from suing those whose negligence caused a dangerous condition that resulted in injury, will not automatically bar a police officer's claim for injury from a railroad crossing-gate, because the "independent cause" exception may apply.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/12/2002
• Decided 06/11/2002
• Published 06/11/2002

Judges

• GRABER, Circuit Judge., Before: REINHARDT and GRABER, Circuit Judges, and HUNT, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Dan Zeidman,Law Offices of Dan Zeidman, El Cajon, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants-plaintiffs-appellees., Tracy R. Richmond, Worden, Williams, Richmond, Brechtel & Gibbs, APC, Solana Beach, CA, for the defendants-appellees;  Robert R. Heft and Lee H. Roistacher, Daley & Heft, Solana Beach, CA, for the defendant-appellee-defendant-appellant., Robert J. Mulcahy, Deputy City Attorney, City of San Diego, for the intervenor-appellant-intervenor-appellee.