Opinion

SMITH v. CITY OF STILLWATER

  • 328 P.3d 1192
  • 2014 OK 42
  • 2014 Okla. LEXIS 59
  • 2014 WL 2106560
Court
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Filed
May 20, 2014
Status
Published
Author
Taylor
On the bench
Colbert, Winchester, Edmondson, Combs, Gurich, Kauger, Reif, Watt, Taylor
Cited by
75 cases

law enforcement officer allegedly acted negligently after choosing to enforce law by conducting a vehicular pursuit of suspected offender

How later courts described this case

  • law enforcement officer allegedly acted negligently after choosing to enforce law by conducting a vehicular pursuit of suspected offender
  • “There are three elements to a claim for negligence: 1

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

TAYLOR, J.,

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I concur that law enforcement officials owe no duty of care to fleeing suspects, and I dissent to the remainder of the opinion.

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