Balt. City Police Dept. v. Esteppe

Baltimore City Police Department v. David Esteppe, et al., No. 3128, September Term, 2018. Opinion by Fader, C.J. LOCAL GOVERNMENT TORT CLAIMS ACT — SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT — PROCEEDINGS TO ESTABLISH LIABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY JUDGMENT A plaintiff who seeks to establish a local government’s liability under the LGTCA for a judgment entered against its employee must initiate a proceeding that (1) joins the local government entity as a party and (2) offers the parties an opportunity to litigate whether the tortfeasor employee committed the relevant tort while acting within the scope of…