Zenith Radio Corp. v. Hazeltine Research, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing that deliberate indifference requires a greater degree of fault than negligence or gross negligence
• noting that wrongful death statutes \create new causes of action in the most technical sense\ but that they are essentially remedial, to enforce \substantive right . . of decedent\
• applying Eighth Amendment standards in excessive force claims involving convicted prisoners because it is the “primary source of substantive protection to convicted prisoners”
• demonstrating a constitutional violation requires the plaintiff to prove “a higher degree of fault than negligence, or even gross negligence”
• “The critical juncture is conviction, either after trial or, as here, by plea, at which point the state acquires the power to punish and the Eighth Amendment is implicated.”
• “[C]laims of excessive force against convicted prisoners should be analyzed under the Eighth . . . Amendment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).