The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that a man and a woman may move ahead with legal action they are pursuing against a Capitol Police officer seeking damages for injuries suffered in 2010 in Topeka when a car he was chasing struck the pickup truck they were in. The high court announced Friday that in a 4-3 vote it had approved that ruling regarding lawsuits filed by Scott E. Bennett and Shelby Montgomery after both were hurt when a car driven by Robert R. Horton struck a pickup being driven by Bennett, who had Montgomery as a passenger. Horton was fleeing during a chase initiated by Capitol Police officer Patrick Saleh near S.W. 20th and Topeka Boulevard, according to the petitions in the suits Montgomery and Bennett filed in 2012. The Capitol Police are part of the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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