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0579 REVIEW DENIED An off duty highway patrol officer who observed wheels fly off a truck traveling near him on the highway and who was struck by the flying wheels while attempting to control traffic and direct the driver of the truck to the shoulder of the road was barred by the firefighter's rule from recovering on a negligence theory against the driver or on any products liability theory against the manufacturers of the truck and wheels.
KELHI v FITZPATRICK (Crazy Wheels) 25 CA4 1149 [See: Knight v Jewett 3 C4 296, T/AT 10/92; Giorgi v PG&E 266 CA2 355; Seibert v SuperCt 18 CA4 394, T/AT 11/94; CivC 1714.9]
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