Another GA case in the news: Police chases and consequences

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Supreme Court Sides With Police in Chase Case
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/30/AR2007043000662.html

By Robert Barnes
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 30, 2007; 1:14 PM

The Supreme Court today handed an important victory to police officers who are involved in high-speed chases, and took the unusual step of posting a videotape of the chase on its Web site to show that the now-paralyzed civilian driver was to blame.

The court ruled 8-1 that Georgia deputy sheriff Timothy Scott could not be sued for the accident that left then 19-year-old Victor Harris a quadriplegic. The high-speed chase down dark highways in 2001 -- which ended when Scott rammed Harris' Cadillac from behind and sent him down an embankment -- was captured on videotape by a camera in one of the pursuing police vehicles.