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LACH v. ROBB

Civ. A. No. 87-468.

679 F.Supp. 508 (1988)

Lois P. LACH, Administratrix of the Estate of Ronald T. Lach, Jr., Deceased, as Administratrix and on her own behalf, Plaintiff, v. Edward Palmer ROBB, individually and as a Security Police Officer of California University of Pennsylvania; George Parkinson Kyle, individually and as a Security Police Officer of California University of Pennsylvania; Miles Jackson Crago, individually and as a Security Police Officer of California University of Pennsylvania; John P. Watkins, individually and as President of California University of Pennsylvania; California University of Pennsylvania; James Encapera, individually and as a Police Officer of the Borough of California; Charles Rapp, individually and as a Police Officer of the Borough of California; Joseph Dochinez, individually and as Mayor of the Borough of California; and Borough of California, a municipal corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

February 16, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry S. Cohen, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Thomas F. Halloran, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for Robb, Kyle, Crago, Watkins and California University of Pennsylvania.

Donald Bebenek, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Dochinez and Borough of California.

Peter J. Taylor, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Encapera and Rapp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

TEITELBAUM, District Judge.

On June 20, 1986 Ronald P. Lach, Jr. was stopped by university security officers for motor vehicle violations, fled on foot, and drowned in the Monongahela River. His mother subsequently brought this civil rights action against the three university security officers who allegedly stopped, pursued, and failed to rescue Lach; the university which employed them; and its president; the two municipal police officers...

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