Ruf v. Honolulu Police Department

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the imposition of a tort duty upon the police not to negligently release an arrestee would violate the public policy underlying article I, section 7 of the Hawaii Constitution (1978) and the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution
• reiterating the exception where police increase a risk of harm and negligently provide protection against the enhanced danger
• in declining to apply § 319 to alleged negligent release of prisoner by police, court notes that risk of liability could pressure police to “err more often on the side of excessive detention”
• in declining to apply § 319 to alleged negligent release of prisoner by police, court notes that risk of liability could pressure police to “err more often on the side of excessive detention”
• in declining to apply § 319 to alleged negligent release of prisoner by police, court notes that risk of liability could pressure police to \err more often on the side of excessive detention\
• in motion for judgment on the pleadings, court is required “to view facts presented in the pleadings and the inferences to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).