White Paper

10 Pages
  • 10 Pages

Law Enforcement Liability under Section 1983 - The Critical Steps

 

Are you ready for the challenge?

Whether the practitioner is on the plaintiff’s or the defense side, they must engage in critical decision making through the life of a case. There are many questions to ask and many decisions to make starting with the decision of taking the case or not. If the practitioner is a plaintiff’s personal injury lawyer or criminal defense lawyer and police misconduct cases are out of his/her regular practice area, how does the practitioner decide whether the case that comes in the door is a desirable one? This white paper reviews case selection and investigation; conflicts in representation of multiple defendants; partial stay of discovery during investigation; and protection of confidentiality of discovery. The material also discusses the topics of deadly force and emotionally disturbed persons, use of force in medical emergencies, and failure to train on de-escalation and crisis intervention.