Robbins v. Wessel

By JUDGE WILLIAM R. SHELTON

This matter is before the Court on demurrers to the motions for judgment and special pleas of sovereign immunity filed by one of the two defendants, Edward Wessel, a Chesterfield County police officer. In these two consolidated wrongful death actions, arising from the same automobile collision, the plaintiffs allege that Edward Wessel engaged in a high speed pursuit of co-defendant Micah R. Baucom’s vehicle without probable cause, on the highways of Chesterfield County at speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour. Plaintiffs allege the Baucom vehicle entered the…