Vassallo ex rel. Brown v. Majeski

How later courts described this case

• holding exception to immunity for malicious acts allows liability only in cases where a public official intentionally commits an act that the official has reason to believe is prohibited
• holding that police officer’s decision to proceed through intersection at high speed with 7 squad car’s lights on but sirens off was discretionary
• holding that police officer’s decision to proceed through intersection at high speed with squad car’s lights on but sirens off was discretionary
• stating that the government entity’s liability “stands or falls with [the officer’s] immunity”

Written by the judges who cited it.