Sabir v. District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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• affirming directed verdict in favor of defendant on negligence claim that was not pled and proved separately from an excessive force claim
• affirming directed verdict in favor of defendant on negligence claim that was not pled and proved separately from an excessive force claim
• stating “it is settled that a person cannot negligently commit an intentional tort.”
• \Thus it is settled that a person cannot negligently commit an intentional tort.\
• where “the government did not assert its immunity defense until the close of the case when the judge was preparing his [jury] instructions,” this court would not “disturb the trial court’s ruling” that the officers acted beyond the reach of qualified immunity protection
• “[t]here is no such thing as a negligent assault”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).