Richards v. Town of Eliot

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no special duty of police officer to arrestee that would support claim for negligent infliction of emotional distress
• “[A]ny claim she may have made for the negligent infliction of emotional distress is subsumed in her excessive force claim”
• officers entitled to summary judgment on state-law claim for illegal arrest because a jury could not reasonably find that officers lacked probable cause to arrest
• “Although [Plaintiff] suffered relatively minor bodily injuries as a result of the officers’ actions, the extent of the injuries is not the only indication of excessive force.”
• “If a police officer’s conduct exceeds the scope of his discretion, he may lose the immunity. If the officer uses excessive force in execution of an arrest, such action is beyond the scope of the officer’s discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).