Government Liability Update
Pollak, Vida & Barer's "Weblawg" of Important Developments in California Public Entity Tort Liability. Edited by Daniel P. Barer, Partner, Pollak, Vida & Barer
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- Alleged Police Violation of Miranda Rights Violated Clearly Established Fifth Amendment Rights, but Violation of Fourteenth Amendment Rights Not Clearly Established
- Social Workers Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Judicial Deception, but Employing County Not Liable for Minor Medical Examinations in Violation of Policy
- Verdict in Federal Lawsuit that Police Strip Search Was Reasonable Bars Negligence Liability for Strip Search
- District Court May Bar Prisoner Plaintiff's Crucial Expert Evidence for Failure to Timely Comply with Expert Discovery
- Laches Barred Brown Act Claim Where Petitioners Challenged First Step in Dissolution Process, then Waited until after Special Election to Pursue Challenge
- Using Force against a Suspect to Stop the Suspect Is a Fourth-Amendment Seizure, even if the Suspect Evades Capture
- Because Permitting Football Coach's Onfield Prayers, under the Circumstances, Would Violate the Establishment Clause, School District Did Not Violate His Rights by Firing Him
- Public Entity Owes No Duty under Government Code section 835 to Person Not on or Using Property or Adjacent Property; Public Health Immunity Applies to Failure to Control Disease on Public Property
- Suit against City for Releasing Police Officer Records without Prior Notice to Officer Was Subject to Anti-SLAPP; because Law Required Production, the Plaintiff's Claims Were Unlikely to Succeed
- Using "Police Lead" Position on Passively Resisting Suspect Violates Clearly-Established Law
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- tolling (2)
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