Legal Opinion

Sergent v. City of Charleston

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 2001No. 28479PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Per curiam

The appellant, John D. Sergent, Administrator of the Estate of David Glenn Sergent, Deceased, appeals the December 2, 1999 order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County which granted summary judgment to the ap-pellees, City of Charleston, City of St. Al-bans, Charleston Police Officers William H. Hart and Greg White, and St. Albans Police Officer J.H. Crawford. The appellant’s deceased was killed when a vehicle being pursued by the appellee police officers collided with him. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the summary judgment.

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FACTS

On the afternoon of November 21, 1990, Charleston…

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