Legal Opinion
HAWKS BY HAWKS v. Livermore
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 21, 1993No. 2613 C.D. 1992PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
Lori Hawks (Hawks) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court) sustaining the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer of the Borough of Evans City (Borough) and Roland Livermore, a police officer for the Borough. We affirm.
On Saturday June 29, 1991, at 2:30 a.m., Hawks, at age 16, was driving her mother’s car within the Borough. Officer Livermore began to follow Hawks’ vehicle and eventually put on his lights to stop Hawks. Hawks attempted to escape apprehension, initiating a high speed chase with Officer Liver-more. However,…
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