Bates v. Doria

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• holding that a sheriff's outrageous conduct of shooting and raping the plaintiff was outside the scope of employment
• holding that a sheriffs outrageous conduct of shooting and raping the plaintiff was outside the scope of employment
• no proximate cause under negligent hiring theory where deputy sheriff raped plaintiff while off-duty and out of uniform, and did not use departmental weapon in commission of crime
• public duty doctrine inapplicable to case “where plaintiff seeks to impose liability based upon the defendants’ negligent employment of a law-enforcement officer, not upon defendants’ failure to prevent the commission of crimes”
• sexual assault outside scope of authority; no vicarious liability
• summary judgment for sheriff's department affirmed finding no connection between off-duty assault by deputy sheriff and his employment on grounds that the deputy did not obtain the weapon he used in the assault from his work and he was not at work at the time of the assault

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