Legal Opinion
Waybright v. Frederick County, MD
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 2, 2008No. 07-1289PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Judge GREGORY joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Andrew Waybright died by accident while training to join the Frederick County Fire Department in Maryland. His parents brought suit on state constitutional and tort law grounds — but also, with the same conduct in view, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and substantive due process. The § 1983 claims overreach; nothing defendants did rises to the level of a due process violation, and accidents in the main are a matter of…
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