Legal Opinion
Frazier v. COM. PA STATE, POLICE
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 2004PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) appeal an interlocutory order of the Court of Common Pleas of Somerset County (trial court) denying its motion for judgment on the pleadings. We are asked whether the PSP and an individual state trooper owe a duty of care to a driver who flees. We hold they do not.
On the evening of September 3, 1999, Cory Frazier (Frazier) was driving his vehicle along State Route 985 in Somerset County. State Trooper David Holtzman (Trooper Holtzman) observed Frazier’s vehicle commit a traffic violation. Trooper Holtzman began to pursue Frazier’s…
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