Snellenberger v. Rodriguez
Supreme Court of Texas
760 S.W.2d 237 (1988)
Relevant factsFree
Officer Snellenberger suffered a fatal heart attack while controlling a crowd at the scene of a child struck by a vehicle driven by Rodriguez (defendant); his widow (plaintiff) sued under the rescue doctrine, and the trial court granted Rodriguez summary judgment, affirmed by the court of appeals on the ground that no perilous rescue situation existed.
IssueFree
Whether a rescue-doctrine claim may be sustained if the plaintiff's injury was a foreseeable result of the defendant's original tortious act.