City of Boynton Beach v. Weiss

This case presents a complex legal knot of claims arising from injuries sustained by the plaintiff while in the custody of the City’s police department. The jury’s answers to special interrogatories tied the knot by providing consistent answers that were inconsistent with some of the plaintiffs claims for relief. The City appeals a final judgment on claims of negligent supervision and retention, failure to protect, battery, and negligent infliction of emotional distress. Having unraveled the legal knot, we affirm.

Late one evening, the plaintiffs neighbor asked for his assistance in locating…