Diaz v. Martinez, No. 96-2108 (1st Cir.) (112 F.3d 1) (April 24, 1997) (Judge Bruce M. Selya)
Loaded on June 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
June 02, 1997
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Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
In this horrifying case, the Court held that a police superintendent's failure to identify and take remedial action concerning an unstable, problem police officer who killed an innocent man could create supervisory liability.
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