Legal Opinion
Fitzpatrick v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 19, 1989No. 88-657PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
The plaintiff, Michael F. Fitzpatrick, is a police officer in the State of Washington who alleges he was shot and seriously injured by a burglary suspect who proved to be on parole from the Iowa State Penitentiary. The officer and members of his family commenced the present action against the State of Iowa, the Iowa Board of Parole, the suspect’s parole officer, and the parole officer’s supervisor. Recovery was sought under the Iowa Tort Claims Act (Iowa Code ch. 25A) based on alleged negligence and also under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 based on alleged deprivation of protected…
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