GILBERT, Acting P.J.
While responding to a call of shots being fired, a police officer is shot by a man who receives psychiatric care. The police officer sues the man's psychiatrist for negligent care, among other things. Because the risk of being shot while on duty in response to such a call is one the officer assumes under the "firefighter's rule," the psychiatrist may not be held liable to the officer here.
William Tilley appeals from the judgment of the...
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