Legal Opinion
Pletan v. Gaines
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided December 31, 1992No. C8-91-1456PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
We revisit the doctrines of official and discretionary immunity, this time in a case where a child walking home from school is fatally struck by the car of a criminal suspect fleeing a police car in a high-speed chase. The court of appeals ruled there was no liability on the part of the city or its police officer, nor any liability on the part of the school district. Pletan v. Gaines, 481 N.W.2d 566 (Minn.App.1992). We affirm.
On September 28, 1987, while walking home from school, Shawn Pletan was struck and killed by a car driven by Kevin Gaines. At the time of the incident,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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