Is Section 1714.9(a)(1) of the California Code of Civil Procedure applicable to fellow police officers jointly discharging their duties?

In addition to the adverse effect on the fisc, extending section 1714.9(a)(1) to fellow officers jointly discharging their duties would impair efficient judicial administration, another policy served by the firefighter's rule. (Giorgi v. Pacific Gas & Elec. Co., supra, 266 Cal.App.2d at p. 360, 72 Cal.Rptr. 119.) The "difficult problems" of determining causation (ibid.) are multiplied in cases turning on the propriety of chosen police tactics or emergency procedures and in reality may simply involve a judgment call on the part of the

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