Mary Jones, as Executrix of the Estate of Samuel Jones, Deceased, and Mary Jones

Summary

The court reversed summary judgment for the defendants in a wrongful-death action arising from a high-speed police pursuit and remanded for further proceedings. It held that a reasonable jury could find that the officer acted with gross negligence and that his conduct proximately caused the decedent's death, while also finding that factual disputes prevented deciding as a matter of law whether the fleeing carjackers' conduct was a superseding cause.