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HOOPER v. CITY OF CHULA VISTA

Docket No. D006621.

212 Cal.App.3d 442 (1989)

260 Cal. Rptr. 495

BEATRICE JEAN HOOPER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CITY OF CHULA VISTA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

July 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stennett & Stennett, John P. Stennett and Ronald E. Ellsworth for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Daley & Heft, Dennis W. Daley and Patricia A. Shaffer for Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

HUFFMAN, J.

This appeal presents a question of first impression as to the extent of statutory immunity from negligence liability to be accorded to the public employer of police officers whose pursuit of a fleeing suspect resulted in injury or death of the suspect. Seventeen-year-old Thomas Hooper (Thomas) was killed while being chased by several City of Chula Vista (City) police...

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