Legal Opinion
Doe v. State
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided September 12, 2013No. 447, 2012PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERGER, Justice:
In this appeal we consider whether the State of Delaware may be held liable for tortious conduct by an on-duty Delaware State Police Officer. The officer was supposed to be taking a woman accused of shop-lifting to court. Instead, the officer allegedly coerced the woman to engage in oral sex in the front seat of the police car. The trial court granted summary judgment to the State based on its conclusion that no reasonable jury could find that the officer was acting within the scope of his employment. The trial court focused only on the officer’s tortious conduct, which…
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