Bell Cold Storage, Inc. v. Over-the-Road Transfer, Cold Storage, Grocery & Market Drivers, Helpers & Inside Employees Union, Local No. 544

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that a police chief created a danger when he directed officers not to respond to a woman’s complaint that her estranged husband, who eventually killed her, was violating his restraining order
• holding evidence sufficient to support liability against police chief for directing officers to ignore pleas for help by estranged wife of chief’s friend, who afterwards murdered wife
• recognizing potential liability where plaintiff could show that police officer directed other officers not to stop conduct of third party
• considering whether police chief interfered with standard police procedures with respect to enforcement of restraint order
• recognizing that such a claim could exist
• finding state- created danger when a police chief prevented police officers from responding to abusive conduct committed by a friend of the chief

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