Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Teal
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided July 11, 1991No. Civ. A. 91-00081-APublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ELLIS, District Judge.
This diversity motor vehicle accident case raises the issue, unresolved in Virginia, whether the “fireman’s rule” operates to bar recovery by a policeman when he is injured by the negligence of a person unrelated to risk to which he was responding. Plaintiff, a police officer, alleges he was injured when defendant’s negligently operated vehicle caused him to lose control of his motorcycle. Plaintiff, at the time, was responding to a robbery alarm. His siren and emergency lights were on, but apparently went unheeded. Defendant was neither related to, nor…
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