This case involves a police pursuit of a man driving his sister to a hospital. The plaintiff, a thirty-three-year-old male, lived in a rural area. His sister, a diabetic, experienced significant stomach and chest pains, which prompted the plaintiff to drive her to the hospital. As he was driving, he ran three red lights and went thirty miles over the speed limit (the plaintiff was later acquitted of all traffic violations). Two police officers in a police vehicle pursued the plaintiff and his sister for over two miles. The plaintiff called 911, to inform the operator that he was driving his sister to the hospital and that there was a police vehicle pursuing them. Upon arriving at the hospital, the cops approached the plaintiff, ordering him to go on the ground. When the plaintiff refused to go on the ground, as was trying to remove his sister from the vehicle, both police officers drew their firearms and one of the officers struck the man with the barrel of his gun. With a laceration on his head, the police officers tried to handcuff the man, but he tried to explain that his sister was in the car. He resisted their efforts, but they eventually handcuffed and arrested him. The sister remained in the car for twenty minutes before she could get help, and the plaintiff brought suit against the police officers.
