Haynes v. Hamilton County

How courts have described this case

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• stating that a decision to operate a car when a reasonable person would not do so can be negligent operation
• when car pursued by law enforcement officers injures innocent third parties, officers' decision to commence or continue pursuit can provide grounds for negligence
• when car pursued by law enforcement officers injures innocent third parties, officers' decision to commence or continue pursuit can provide grounds for negligence
• emergency vehicle drivers participating in high-speed chases are required to exercise due regard for safety of all persons, including third parties
• “Proximate cause ... [is] ordinarily [a] jury question ], unless the uncontroverted facts and inferences to be drawn from them make it so clear that all reasonable persons must agree on the proper outcome.”
• “Proximate cause, as well as superseding intervening cause, are ordinarily jury questions, unless the uncontroverted facts and inferences to be drawn from them make it so clear that all reasonable persons must agree on the proper outcome.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).