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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- Law Clearly Established That Shooting Suspect after Suspect Wounded Officer, but Danger Passed Violated Fourth Amendment, but Fourteenth Amendment Not Violated; No Clear Error in Admitting PTSD Evidence on Recollection Issue
- Strip Search of Prison Visitor without Giving Visitor Option of Leaving Violates Fourth Amendment, but Law Was Not Clearly Established
- If No Single Police Officer in Chase or Use of Force Was Liable in Tort, Plaintiff Cannot Argue Combined Actions of Officers Were Unreasonable and Rendered City Liable
- Danger, Design Approval, and Lack of Warning Are Immaterial to Trail Immunity
- Alleged Retaliation against Foster Parent for Exercise of First Amendment Rights Violates Clearly-Established Law, but Law Did Not Clearly Establish Alleged Sexual Harassment Violated Equal Protection Clause
- Parents May Not Attempt to Control School Curricula on Religion by Bringing Constitutional Challenges
- Workplace Restraining Order against Threatening City Council Meeting Attendee Did Not Violate First Amendment
- Police Officers Owe Duty of Reasonable Care to Arrestees
- Police Officer and Judge Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Stopping and Arresting Person in Court on Suspicion He Is In Country Illegally
- Intentional Tortfeasors Are Not Entitled to Reduction or Apportionment of Damages Based on Comparative Fault
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Categories
- Administrative Law
- Anti-SLAPP
- Assumption of the Risk
- Attorney Fees
- Attorney-Client Privilege
- City Charters
- Civil Procedure
- Claim Procedure
- Common Carrier
- Comparative fault
- Conflict of interest
- Contract
- Current Affairs
- Dangerous Conditions of Public Property
- Defense and Indemnity
- Development Impact Fees
- Disabled Persons' Rights
- Discovery
- Due Process
- Elections
- Eminent Domain
- Estoppel
- Evidence
- Excessive Fines
- Federal Civil Rights
- Fees and Costs
- Fiduciary Duty
- Firearm Regulation
- Firefighters
- Forfeitures
- Free Speech
- Homelessness
- Housing Discrimination
- Immigration
- Immunities
- Inverse Condemnation
- Judicial Liability
- Juror Misconduct
- Jury Instructions
- Local Legislators' Liability
- mandatory duty
- Medical
- Minor parties
- Miscellaneous
- Negligence
- Nuisance
- Open Meetings
- Police Liability
- Prisoner's Rights
- Privilege
- Property Regulation
- Prosecutors
- Public Attorneys
- Public Employment
- Public Records Requests
- Religion
- Respondeat Superior
- Respondeat Superior for Sexual Misconduct
- Sanctions
- School District Liability
- Science
- Settlement
- Social workers
- Special Relationship
- Sports
- standing
- State Law Civil Rights
- statute of limitations
- Suicide
- Summary Judgment
- Tax sales
- Taxpayer's Suits
- Tenant's Rights
- tolling
- Vexatious Litigants
- Vicarious Liability
- Whistleblowers
- Workers' Compensation
- writ relief
- Zoning