Legal Opinion
Demutiis v. United States
United States Court of Federal Claims
Decided October 23, 2000No. 99-243CPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ALLEGRA, Judge.
Nicholas R. Demutiis, a New York City police officer, was off duty, but en route to his precinct, when the car he was driving was broadsided by a vehicle being chased, at a high rate of speed, by two patrol cars. Officer Demutiis died as a result of this crash. His family seeks compensation under the Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Act (PSOBA or the Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 3796-3796c (1994), which provides benefits to survivors of safety officers killed in the “line of duty.” They claim that the fatal collision occurred while Officer Demutiis was assisting his…
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