Summary
"The 2007 United States Supreme Court decision in Scott v Harris,11 while in the minds of many a definitive comment on the state of potential police pursuit liability, must be viewed in the context of a convoluted, and often confusing, jurisprudential heritage. From the early years of the high court’s constitutional analysis of pursuit-related issues, broached in such cases as Brower v County of Inyo, until its pre-Scott decision in County of Sacramento v Lewis, the Court’s assessment and characterization of police actions, victim injuries, and corresponding responsibilities has left inferior federal and state courts to speculate on the ultimate parameters of police constitutional liability under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983."--Page 4.