# Vassallo ex rel. Brown v. Majeski

> Supreme Court of Minnesota · February 12, 2014 · 842 N.W.2d 456

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8247175

## Case

- **Full name:** Jolene Megan VASSALLO, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Lisa A. BROWN v. Jason Lee MAJESKI
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Minnesota
- **Decided:** February 12, 2014
- **Citations:** 842 N.W.2d 456; 2014 Minn. LEXIS 60; 2014 WL 551682
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Stras
- **Judges:** Anderson, Stras, Wríght
- **Cited by:** 37 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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”

## Opinion text

STRAS, Justice
(dissenting).
I join in the dissent of Justice Anderson.

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