JOHNSON v. TEAL

Civ. A. No. 91-00081-A.

769 F.Supp. 947 (1991)

William D. JOHNSON, Plaintiff, v. Chavis TEAL, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

July 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Depaolis, Koonz, McKenney & Johnson, P.C., Falls Church, Va., for William D. Johnson.

William J. Virgulak Jr., Doherty, Sheridan & Grimaldi, Fairfax, Va., for Chavis Teal.

Charles J. O'Hara, Robertson, Notarius, McNeil, Arlington, Va., for Travelers Ins. Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

This diversity motor vehicle accident case raises the issue, unresolved in Virginia, whether the "fireman's rule" operates to bar recovery by a policeman when he is injured by the negligence of a person unrelated to risk to which he was responding. Plaintiff, a police officer, alleges he was injured when defendant's negligently operated vehicle caused him to lose control...

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