· 10/17/2016
Tyrice Halliburton v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
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- reversing and vacating indemnification claim against the County, but leaving intact the $5,000,000 punitive damages award against the defendant who committed the sexual assaults
- reversed jury ver- dict for plaintiff on a prison sexual assault claim because rape not within scope of employment
- reversed jury ver- dict for plaintiff on a prison sexual assault claim because rape not within scope of employment
- reversed jury ver- dict for plaintiff on a prison sexual assault claim because rape not within scope of employment
- reversed jury ver- dict for plaintiff on a prison sexual assault claim because rape not within scope of employment
- employee’s sexual assaults were “in no way actuated by a purpose to serve County. He raped Martin for purely personal reasons, the rapes did not benefit County but harmed it, he knew the rapes did not serve County, and the rapes were outside the scope”
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