United States Fourth Circuit

The County enjoys governmental immunity with respect to claims that seek to impose respondeat superior liability for an intentional tort committed by one of its police officers, who shot and killed plaintiff's son.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/02/2002
• Decided 10/30/2002
• Published 10/30/2002

Judges

• Before MOTZ, Circuit Judge, STAPLETON, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation, and BROADWATER, United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Crystal Renee Mittelstaedt, County Attorney's Office, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for Appellants.  Walter L. Blair, College Park, Maryland;  C. William Michaels, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Sean D. Wallace, County Attorney, John A. Bielec, Deputy County Attorney, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, for Appellants.  Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., The Cochran Firm, New York, New York, for Appellee.