Phillips v. Grand Union Co.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that the officer was entitled to sovereign immunity, so the plaintiff had to establish gross negligence to prevail
• holding that a city police officer’s negligent actions involved in the pursuit of a speeding automobile were entitled to the protection of sovereign immunity
• holding that pursuit of a fleeing suspect by a city police officer was an act involving judgment and discretion
• holding that, based on stipulated evidence that a defendant exercised “‘some degree’ of care for the safety of others,” the plaintiff had failed to establish a prima facie case of gross negligence
• holding that deputy sheriff operating police car that collided with motorist was protected by sovereign immunity because he was engaged in discretionary governmental function; in such a case, gross negligence must be established
• finding that a police officer in vehicular pursuit was entitled to the protection of the doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).