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MUMM v. MORNSON

No. A04-729.

708 N.W.2d 475 (2006)

Beverly MUMM, as Trustee for the Surviving Spouse and Next of Kin of Duane P. Mumm, decedent, Respondent, v. Geralyn E. MORNSON, et al., Respondents, v. City of Minneapolis, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 10, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay M. Heffern, Timothy S. Skarda, Asst. City Atty., Minneapolis, for appellant.

Kurtis A. Greenley, DeAnne Hilgers, Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, for respondent Mumm.

Robert T. Stich, Louise Annette Behrendt, Stich, Angell, Kreidler & Dodge, P.A., Minneapolis, for respondent Mornson.

James S. Ballentine, Schwebel Goetz & Sieben, Minneapolis, for amicus curiae MN Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

This case presents issues of qualified immunity and common law official immunity for police officers engaged in a vehicular pursuit of a mentally disturbed individual, as well as the issue of vicarious official immunity for the officers' employer, the City of Minneapolis. The case arose out of a police pursuit of Geralyn Mornson ("Mornson") that ended when police officers rammed their squad car into Mornson's vehicle, resulting...

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