Legal Opinion
Renk v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 2, 1994No. 20 W.D. Appeal Docket 1993PublishedCited by 325 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, JUSTICE.
The issue presented in this appeal is whether indemnification by a local agency for the payment of a judgment entered against a police officer in a civil action for assault and battery and false imprisonment is prohibited in all instances under the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8541, et seq. We conclude that a police officer may be indemnified for the payment of a judgment entered in a civil action for assault and battery and false imprisonment absent a judicial determination that the officer’s acts constituted willful misconduct. For the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Rizzo v. HainesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Evans v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- King Et Vir v. BreachCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Cohen v. Lit BrothersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
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3Cited by325 opinions
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- Lizette Vargas v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2015
- Geraldine Johnson v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2016
- Klein v. MadisonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2019
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