Town of Port Deposit v. Petetit

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• holding that acts taken by a Chief of Police pursuant to his law enforcement authority were “clearly” an exercise of a government function
• holding municipality may be liable for constitutional torts under respondeat superior theory
• off-duty officer in personal vehicle was engaged in “governmental activity” under his “law enforcement authority” when he fired at a suspected hit and run driver during high speed pursuit
• “[A] municipality is not entitled to governmental immunity for a constitutional tort committed by one of its agencies or employees and imputed to the municipality under the doctrine of respondeat superior ”
• “To the extent that qualified immunity depends on resolution of disputed facts, some disputes such as the existence of gross negligence or malice may be for [a] trier of fact to resolve. ...”

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