Livesay v. Baltimore County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that corrections officer performed discretionary act when he “commence[d] direct lifesaving measures” in response to incarcerated person’s suicide attempt
• stating that “ ‘[m]ay’ is generally interpreted as permissive, in contrast with ‘shall,’ which is interpreted as mandatory”
• observing that under stare decisis principles “departure from the rule should be the extraordinary case”
• stating that “ ‘[m]ay’ is generally interpreted as permissive, in contrast with ‘shall,’ which is interpreted as mandatory”
• stating that “ ‘[m]ay’ is generally interpreted as permissive, in contrast with ‘shall,’ which is interpreted as mandatory”
• explaining that, under the LGTCA, although the local government must indemnify its employee, the claim remains subject to any valid immunity possessed by the employee

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).