Burgard v. EFF

This action was initiated by a police officer of the city of Toledo for damages for personal injuries, and the appeal herein is by such plaintiff on questions of law from a summary judgment entered in favor of the defendants.

The plaintiff alleged generally in his petition that during the hours of darkness, while on official duty as the driver of a police scout car, he heard the roar of the motors of defendants ’ automobiles and thereupon observed them racing at speeds of 60 to 65 miles per hour; that as he pursued them they proceeded through red lights and stop signs, increasing their speeds,…