Legal Opinion
Hooper v. City of Chula Vista
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 20, 1989No. D006621PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUFFMAN, J.
This appeal presents a question of first impression as to the extent of statutory immunity from negligence liability to be accorded to the public employer of police officers whose pursuit of a fleeing suspect resulted in injury or death of the suspect. Seventeen-year-old Thomas Hooper (Thomas) was killed while being chased by several City of Chula Vista (City) police cars when he lost control of his motorcycle and slid under one of the pursuing vehicles. His mother, Beatrice Jean Hooper, sued the City for damages for wrongful death and negligent infliction of emotional…
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