Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Board of County Commissioners
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 2, 1971No. [No. 454, September Term, 1970.]PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcWilliams, J.
On 24 June 1970 Robinson sued the Board of County Commissioners of Prince George’s County (County) and two of its gendarmerie, Borregoord and Austin. He declared, in substance, that in the late afternoon of 19 July 1969, Borregoord and Austin, “while acting within the scope of their employment” by the County “did then and there willfully, maliciously, and without justification or provocation, assault, beat, abuse, mistreat and bruise” him when they pulled him “out of a car in which he was a passenger, and held his chest down on the [hot] hood of the said car.” His “arms were then wrenched and…
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