Sawyer v. Humphries

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case concerns a police officer’s immunity from suit under the Maryland Tort Claims Act, Maryland Code (1984, 1989 Cum.Supp.), §§ 12-101 through 12-110 of the State Government Article.

As the circuit court dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint, for purposes of these appellate proceedings the facts are those alleged by the plaintiffs. On June 10, 1988, Robert Andrew Sawyer, one of the plaintiffs, was driving on Route 31 in Carroll County. Dean Hundley, the other plaintiff, was a passenger. Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Hundley were traveling behind another car driven by the defendant Mr.…