Nuss v. Township of Falls

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

Brenda Nuss, the administratrix of the estate of former Falls Township police officer Thomas Nuss, has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County upholding the action of the Falls Township Board of Supervisors dismissing Mr. Nuss from the Falls Township Police Department.1

On February 1, 1980, at four o ’clock in the morning, officer Nuss and other township police officers pursued a stolen vehicle operated at high speed by a juvenile for ten minutes over eight miles of public highways. The chase ended when the juvenile lost control of the stolen…