Hollywood has grown comfortable with the idea that a cop can become a lethal weapon. But the idea didn’t play for Hartford Superior Court Judge A. Susan Peck in the case of detective Antonio Cancel’s severe off-duty beating in June, 1995, of fellow detective John Murdock after the two had been drinking.
A lack of forseeability and the doctrine of municipal immunity shielded then-Police Chief Joseph Croughwell and the city from liability for negligent hiring and supervision, Peck ruled Mar. 8, invalidating a year-old jury verdict of $1 million.
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