Evans-Reid 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.

• defining a tortious battery as “an intentional act that causes a harmful or offensive bodily contact” (citation omitted)
• “assum[ing], without deciding, that where a plaintiff establishes a prima facie case of assault and battery and the officer invokes the qualified privilege as an affirmative defense, the officer bears the burdens of production and persuasion”
• defining assault and battery and explaining that a police office has a qualified privilege to use reasonable force to effect an arrest so long as the means are not in excess of what the officer reasonably believes is necessary under the circumstances
• “The District is vicariously liable for the intentional and negligent acts of its officers acting within the scope of their employment.”
• “The District is vicariously liable for the intentional and negligent acts of its officers acting within the scope of their employment.”
• “[A]n officer[] is justified in using reasonable force to repel an actual assault, or if he reasonably believes he is in danger of bodily harm.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).