You can get settlement money when you are hit by a police officer as long as the police car was not actively chasing or in pursuit of another person involved in a crime. This is since Oregon and Washington exclude such tort claims on the theory that the officers sort of get a free ride since they are doing the public a better good.

I have had multiple car accident settlement involving police officers from differing police departments and have found that there are some close questions as to whether the officer involved in the crash was in fact in pursuit of an unrelated crime. It gets even trickier because police procedure and whether police rules were followed may affect the acceptance of the police neglect injury case.

Police car accident cases get even trickier because tort time limits will oftentimes apply and its best to check with a lawyer to ensure you case like your once accustomed lifestyle doesn’t get blown out the water.

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