University of Houston v. Clark

in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, Justice ABBOTT, Justice HANKINSON, and Justice GONZALES joined.

These consolidated cases present two issues: (1) whether the good faith factors in Wadewitz v. Montgomery, 951 S.W.2d 464 (Tex.1997), an emergency response case, apply in a police pursuit case; and (2) whether the defendants in these consolidated cases have established good faith as a matter of law.

We hold that the Wadewitz factors apply to good faith determinations in police pursuit cases. In University of Houston v. Clark, we conclude that Sergeant Williams and…