Legal Opinion
Telthorster v. Tennell
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 2002No. 01-0074PublishedCited by 216 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Neill
Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice OWEN, Justice HANKINSON, Justice JEFFERSON, and Justice RODRIGUEZ joined.
In this official-immunity case, we must determine the good-faith standard to apply when a suspect sues a police officer for injuries sustained during an arrest. In City of Lancaster v. Chambers, 883 S.W.2d 650, 656 (Tex.1994), we held that an officer pursuing a suspect acts in good faith if a reasonably prudent officer could have believed that the pursuit should have been continued, taking into account both the need for immediate police intervention and the risk of harm to the public. In…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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- City of Lancaster v. ChambersTexas Supreme Court · 1994
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