The opinion of the court was delivered by WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., J.
The question presented by this case concerns a police officer's liability in negligence to an innocent bystander struck by a deflected bullet fired from the officer's service revolver in an attempt to prevent the escape of a criminal.
The defendant, a Newark mounted policeman, was on traffic duty in West Park Street, a "very narrow" street running from Broad Street to Halsey Street in Newark...
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