LINGO v. HOEKSTRA

No. 38244.

176 Ohio St. 417 (1964)

LINGO, A MINOR, APPELLANT, v. HOEKSTRA, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 1, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Lindhorst & Dreidame and Mr. Leo J. Breslin, for appellant.

Mr. William A. McClain, city solicitor, and Mr. Philip S. Olinger, for appellee.


O `NEILL, J.

This cause involves a simple issue: Is a policeman, who pursues in his patrol car the vehicle of a suspected speed law violator for the purpose of pacing it to determine whether he in fact is violating the speed law and follows such vehicle through a red traffic light and crashes into another vehicle, which is proceeding through the intersection on a green traffic light, injuring the passenger in such vehicle, immune as a matter of law from responding...

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