Baltimore Police Department v. Cherkes

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Baltimore City Police Department enjoys state sovereign immunity as an agency of the State from liability for state constitutional torts.
• holding that the Baltimore Police Department, which is a State agency, is treated as a “local government” for purposes of the LGTCA as it is listed in CJP section 5-301 as a “local government”
• stating that an employee's tortious conduct is considered within the scope of employment if authorized and in furtherance of the employer's business
• stating that an employee’s tortious conduct is considered within the scope of employment if authorized and in furtherance of the employer’s business
• recognizing the law of the case doctrine but holding it to be inapplicable “ ‘between courts of coordinate jurisdiction before entry of a final judgment’ ”
• holding public official entitled to protection from “liability arising out of actions or omissions pertaining to hiring, training, and supervising”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).