Court Opinion

ID: 9756883
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 22:06:13.188294+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:32.603723
License: Public Domain

CAPPY, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the opinion of the majority insofar as it establishes that a municipality and its agents cannot be held liable for the superseding criminal or negligent acts of a third party. I endorse the position that the decision of a police officer, acting within the scope of his duties, to initiate vehicular pursuit of a person suspected of committing a crime, cannot constitute negligence.
However, I write separately to emphasize that, in my view, the decision of the majority does not eliminate liability claims against a municipality or its agents in instances where its own actions, as opposed to those of a third party, are the proximate cause of the injury.