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GRIFFITHS v. LOVELETTE TRANSFER CO., INC.

No. 81-470.

313 N.W.2d 602 (1981)

Gregg E. GRIFFITHS, Respondent, v. LOVELETTE TRANSFER COMPANY, INC., et al., Appellants, Diane C. Bjorkman, et al., Defendants, Kathleen K. Halimi, et al., Defendants. LOVELETTE TRANSFER COMPANY, INC. et al., defendants and third party plaintiffs, Appellants, v. James D. FRANKLIN, third party defendant, Respondent, James Raun, third party defendant, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Richard J. Nygaard and Janice K. Cook, Minneapolis, for appellants.

Schwebel, Goetz, Sieben & Hanson and Diane C. Hanson, Minneapolis, for Griffiths.

Arthur, Chapman & Michaelson, Minneapolis, for Bjorkman, et al.

Chadwick, Johnson & Bridell and Wayne D. Tritbough, Minneapolis, Thomas L. Johnson, County Atty., Minneapolis, for Franklin.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

TODD, Justice.

Gregg Griffiths, a police officer, came upon an accident scene and while assisting in traffic control, he was injured in a second accident. He brought suit and defendants and third party plaintiffs Lovelette Transfer Company, Inc. and John Charles Lovelette moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the "fireman's rule," which has been extended to police officers, precluded recovery. The trial court denied the motion for summary judgment and certified...

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