Legal Opinion
Paul D. Rymer v. Trooper H.A. Davis, City of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and Ben Stillwell
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 11, 1985No. 83-5586PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the issue of whether a city may be liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) when the city has failed to train its police officers or has trained its police officers in a way that was so reckless or grossly negligent that future police misconduct is almost inevitable or substantially certain to result. We hold that under the circumstances of this case, it was not error to find the city liable for such a failure.
On June 13, 1979, Paul Dale Rymer participated in a convoy on an interstate in Kentucky. The convoy was stopped by law enforcement…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Donald L. Hays, Jr., and Michael C. Potter, Cross-Appellants v. Jefferson County, Kentucky, Wilbur Bilyeu and Russell McDaniel Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Owens v. HaasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
- John Languirand, Cross-Appellant v. John Hayden, an Individual, City of Pass Christian, Etc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Herrera v. ValentineCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by27 opinions
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