Bushong v. Williamson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the ITCA “governs lawsuits against political subdivisions and their employees” and “provides substantial immunity for conduct within the scope of the employee’s employment”
• “A factual issue is material for the purposes of Trial Rule 56(C) if it bears on the ultimate resolution of a relevant issue.”
• when no “scope of employment” allegation is made in the complaint, “a government employee defendant has a complete defense: the action occurred within the scope of employment”
• “The purpose of summary judgment is to terminate litigation about which there can be no factual dispute and which may be determined as a matter of law.”
• “[A] government employee defendant has a complete defense: the action occurred within the scope of employment. If post-complaint discovery supports this claim, then it is appropriate that the defendant file a motion for summary judgment.”
• the ITCA “limits when a plaintiff may sue a governmental employee personally”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).