Court of Appeals of Maryland· 6/6/1989

Rucker v. Harford County

Citations

558 A.2d 399
316 Md. 275
1989 Md. LEXIS 90

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holding that “as a matter of Maryland law, the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs . . . are officials and/or employees of the State of Maryland.”
holding that “as a matter of Maryland law, the Sheriff and Deputy Sheriffs of Harford County are officials and/or employees of the State of Maryland rather than of Harford County”
holding that because a deputy sheriff functions as the alter ego of the sheriff, and exercises the same authority, deputy sheriffs are classified the same way as sheriffs as employees of Maryland
holding that torts committed by sheriffs in their local capacity are governed by Local Government Tort Claims Act and that torts committed by sheriffs in their State capacity are governed by Maryland Tort Claims Act
concluding that sheriffs and their deputies are State, not county, employees
noting that, although the Court found sheriffs to be State officials under Maryland law, “for some purposes and in some contexts,” a sheriff may be treated as a local government employee

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Judges: Eldridge, Eldribge, Cole, Rodowsky, McAuliffe, Adkins, Blackwell, Orth

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