Legal Opinion
Pagels v. City & County of San Francisco
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 22, 1955No. Civ. 16356PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBray, J.
Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of nonsuit based upon plaintiffs’ opening statement.
Question Presented
Does a police officer engaged in a lawful chase have a duty to sound the siren and flash the red light when his patrol car is so equipped, in order to warn drivers of other cars of the approach of the pursued car?
Opening Statement
Police Officer Creeden, driving a black, unmarked police car equipped with proper siren and red light, observed at approximately Eighth Avenue and Fulton Street in San Francisco a Buick with license plates so bent as to be difficult to read. The Buick driver,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Richards v. StanleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
- Lucas v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- Raynor v. City of ArcataCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- Draper v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1949
- Stone v. City and County of San FranciscoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
3Cited by24 opinions
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- City of Sacramento v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1982
- Stanton v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
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