Morris v. Leaf

LARSON, Justice.

This is an action brought to recover damages for injuries sustained when the ear operated by one of the plaintiffs was struck by a driver who was attempting to elude a police officer. The district court granted summary judgment on the ground that the' officer had no duty to protect the injured party from the negligent act of the fleeing motorist and that, as a matter of law, the officer’s acts were not the proximate cause of the collision. We affirm.

We review a summary judgment ruling for correction of errors at law. Iowa R.App. P. 4; Hameed v. Brown, 530 N.W.2d 703, 706 (Iowa…