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TAYLOR v. CITY OF BALTIMORE

No. 93, September Term, 1987.

314 Md. 125 (1988)

549 A.2d 749

MARGARET TAYLOR, IND. ETC. v. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE ET AL.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Sevel (Marc K. Sloane, on brief), Baltimore, for appellant.

J. Warren Eberhardt, Chief Sol. (Benjamin L. Brown, City Sol. and William R. Phelan, Jr., Asst. City Sol., on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ., and MARVIN H. SMITH, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland (retired), Specially Assigned.

BLACKWELL, Judge.

The issue here is whether a police car driven without the use of its siren is "an emergency vehicle" under Maryland Code (1977, 1987 Repl.Vol.), Transportation Article, § 11-118(1). We hold that it is.

We therefore conclude that a police officer who drives a law enforcement vehicle during an emergency without using its siren is immune from liability for simple negligence under Md.Code (1977, 1987 Repl.Vol.), Transportation Art., §...

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