Cynthia Wellington, Guardian of the Estate of Robert D. Gravelle v. Brian L. Daniels, Darrel W. Stephens and City of Newport News, Virginia

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that a local government can only be liable “when there is a deprivation of constitutional right caused by” the policy
• stating that a local government can only be liable “when there is a deprivation of constitutional right caused by” the policy
• stating that a local government can only be liable “when there is a deprivation of constitutional right by” the policy”
• affirming judgment notwithstanding verdict for municipality under \deliberate indifference\ standard where evidence of only a single incident was presented at trial
• affirming judgment notwithstanding verdict for municipality under “deliberate indifference” standard where evidence of only a single incident was presented at trial
• stating that “[g]enerally, a failure to supervise gives rise to § 1983 liability, however, only in those situations in which there is a history of widespread abuse”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).