Legal Opinion
Lang v. Glusica
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided June 3, 1986No. CO-85-1846PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOZNIAK, Judge.
This case presents a question concerning the parameters of the common law fireman’s rule.1 May a police officer, called to the scene specifically to assist in the arrest of a person resisting arrest and injured while attempting to subdue that person, recover damages for his personal injury *897from that person? We conclude that such recovery is precluded by the fireman’s rule, which bars recovery in certain tort causes of action by firemen and policemen injured during the course of their hazardous occupations. We reverse.
FACTS
On December 1, 1980, Robert Glusica and his…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lang v. GlusicaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986