Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. Henderson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 30, 1998No. 95-CV-1453PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
In this case, we are asked to determine whether the District of Columbia can be held liable for the collision between a civilian vehicle occupied by appellees and two police cars on an emergency run. We reverse the judgments in favor of appellees because they failed to demonstrate that the police acted with “gross negligence,” as required by D.C.Code § 1-1212 (1992) and more particularly defined in our recent decision in Dis trict of Columbia v. Walker, 689 A.2d 40 (D.C.1997).
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Two Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) cruisers, responding to a “Code One” emergency,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
- District of Columbia v. WalkerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1997
- District of Columbia v. BanksDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1994
- Abney v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Kane v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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