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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. WALKER

Nos. 93-CV-113, 94-CV-14 and 94-CV-1309.

689 A.2d 40 (1997)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. William WALKER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellant, v. Patricia TOBEY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Murasky, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Vanessa Ruiz, Corporation Counsel at the time the brief was filed, Garland Pinkston, Acting Corporation Counsel at the time the reply brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corporation Counsel, were on the briefs, for District of Columbia.

Marc I. Fiedler, with whom Joseph H. Koonz, Jr., Paulette E. Chapman and Victor E. Long, Washington, were on the brief, for William Walker and Patricia Tobey.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and STEADMAN and KING, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

These consolidated appeals involve the extent of the District's liability for high-speed chases by its law enforcement personnel. We set aside the judgments entered against the District in both cases.

I.

A juvenile driving a stolen car was pursued by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers through the District of Columbia and into Maryland via Suitland Parkway, where the juvenile collided with another car and killed...

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