Cruz, J. v. CCP Schuylkill Co. Prothy

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that police officer’s decision to proceed through intersection at high speed with squad car’s lights on but sirens off was discretionary
• holding that police officer’s decision to proceed through intersection at high speed with 7 squad car’s lights on but sirens off was discretionary
• deciding existence of malice as matter of law because undisputed facts established defendant did not maliciously violate a known right of plaintiff
• stating that the government entity’s liability “stands or falls with [the officer’s] immunity”
• noting immunity protects police officers responding to emergencies because there is “little time for reflection”
• “Malice is not negligence. It is the intentional doing of a wrongful act . . . the willful violation of a known right.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).