BOYER v. STATE

No. 125, September Term, 1989.

323 Md. 558 (1991)

594 A.2d 121

ANDREW C. BOYER ET AL. v. STATE OF MARYLAND ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean C. Kremer (Christopher K. Mangold, Koonz, McKenney, & Johnson, all on brief), Landover, for petitioners.

Carmen M. Shepard, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Steven E. Leder, George G. Tankard, Lord & Whip, all on brief), Baltimore, John L. Ridge, Jr. (Montedonico & Mason, Chartered, both on brief), Rockville, for respondents.

Stephen C. Orenstein, Upper Marlboro, amicus curiae, for Maryland Chiefs of Police Ass'n.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE and CHASANOW, JJ., and COLE and ADKINS, Associate Judges of the Court of Appeals (retired).


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case involves the possible liability of law enforcement officers, the State of Maryland, and Charles County for injuries sustained by motorists struck by a suspected drunk driver who was being pursued by the officers in a high-speed chase.

I.

The case is before us on appeal from orders granting the defendants' motions for summary judgment. The orders were based on the complaint, the motions, and the responses thereto. The underlying...

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