Estate of Belden v. Brown County

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “for purposes of the KTCA, sheriff’s department personnel are employees of the county”
• recognizing that Kansas appellate courts will apply judicial estoppel
• explaining for purposes of the Kansas Tort Claims Act that a municipality includes the sheriffs and their supporting staff as county employees
• stating theories of liability based on negligent hiring, training, and supervision “impose direct liability on an employer or policymaker rather than vicarious liability for the misconduct of an underling”
• finding expert’s conclusory opinions regarding county jail’s policies for dealing with suicidal inmates contained in summary judgment affidavit were insufficient to create a genuine issue of material fact in negligence action
• 'An appellate court has a vantage point equal to that of the district court when it comes to questions of law.'

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).