Williams v. Prince George's County

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• holding that Department of Corrections was not liable for false imprisonment when it miscalculated inmate’s “good time” credit because the Department was “acting within its legal authority.”
• holding that the County was shielded by governmental immunity when tort claims were asserted against it in its individual capacity for torts allegedly committed by County officers
• holding that the County was shielded by governmental immunity when tort claims were asserted against it in its individual capacity for torts allegedly committed by County officers
• holding that summary judgment was proper when “there was not a scintilla of evidence that the arresting officers harbored ill will or an evil motive toward appellant”
• concluding that a jury could not reasonably infer malice where officers, acting upon the erroneous information that a vehicle was stolen, detained and handcuffed appellant, trained their guns on appellant, but did not “rough [him] up” and apologized for the misunderstanding
• noting that the LGTCA “does not provide a method for directly suing the County or other local governments”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).