DODGE v. STINE

Nos. 83-1958, 83-2345.

739 F.2d 1279 (1984)

Dale Allan DODGE and Diane Dodge, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ronald STINE, et al., Defendants-Appellees. FIREMANS FUND INSURANCE COMPANY and Landy Packing Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

July 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter V. Taylor, Doar, Drill & Skow, New Richmond, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dennis E. Robertson, McCusker & Robertson, Madison, Wis., James D. Wickhem, Wickhem, Buell, Meier, Wickhem & Southworth, Jamesville, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before PELL and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal stems from a seemingly innocuous encounter between two police officers and a juvenile that produced a high speed chase involving 20 squad cars culminating in a collision between plaintiffs' vehicle and the vehicle driven by the juvenile. Plaintiffs brought this diversity suit against the juvenile, Ronald Stine, the officers involved in the chase, and the counties that employed the officers. A jury found Stine negligent, but exonerated...

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