· 8/29/1996
Watson v. Metropolitan Transit Commission
Citations
- 553 N.W.2d 406
- 1996 Minn. LEXIS 602
- 1996 WL 490754
How courts have described this case
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- holding that safety issues and financial burdens he at the center of discretionary policy decisions
- holding that bus driver’s decision not to stop bus when gang members assaulted and threatened to kill passengers was discretionary
- holding that the decision by the Chief of Transit Police not to place security personnel on the bus where plaintiff was beaten was protected by statutory immunity
- holding that the decision by the Chief of Transit Police not to place security per sonnel on the bus where plaintiff was beaten was protected by statutory immunity
- stating that the government employer was entitled to vicarious official immunity despite the official not being named in the suit
- stating that the government employer was entitled to vicarious official immunity despite the official not being named in the suit
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Judges: Anderson
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