Blanks v. United Aerospace Workers Union UAW Local 848

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the MTCA both “authorizes certain negligence actions against public employers” and “shields public employees from personal liability for negligent conduct” (second excerpt quoting Caisse v. DuBois, 346 F.3d 213, 218 (1st Cir. 2003))
• dismissing § 1983 claims against the Sheriff’s Department and against employees in their official capacities, while allowing claims against an individual defendant in his personal capacity to proceed
• dismissing § 1983 claims against the Sheriff’s Department and against employees in their official capacities, while allowing claims against an individual defendant in his personal capacity to proceed
• dismissing § 1983 claims against the Sheriff’s Department and against employees in their official capacities, while allowing claims against an individual defendant in his personal capacity to proceed
• “Plaintiffs may not assert common-law negligence claims to avoid compliance with the MTCA.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).