Pennsylvania State Capitol. Credit: Cascade Creatives/Shutterstock Pittsburgh Won't Indemnify Police Officer for Off-Duty Beating That Resulted in $235K Civil Rights Verdict, Pa. Justices Rule
The ruling appears to settle an open question in Pennsylvania: whether the state common law notion of "scope of employment" is synonymous with an "under the color of law" finding made under the federal civil rights 1983 statute.
November 30, 2022 at 12:31 PM
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Civil Appeals
Ruling on an issue of first impression, Pennsylvania's high court has decided that an employee acting under "color of state law" for purposes of a federal civil rights lawsuit is not the equivalent of an employee acting within the "scope of employment" under a key state statutory indemnification provision.
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