Etheredge v. District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing negligence claim to proceed based on theory that officer misperceived the danger posed
• defining assault under D.C. law as an attempt or threat of physical harm
• plaintiff presented evidence that he had attempted to comply with a police command to drop a non-existent gun when he was shot in the back
• plaintiff presented evidence that he had attempted to comply with a police command to drop a non-existent gun when he was shot in the back
• “A police officer has a qualified privilege to use reasonable force to effect an arrest, provided that the means employed are not in excess of those which the actor reasonably believes to be necessary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).