Legal Opinion
Harlow v. Clatterbuck
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 17, 1986No. Record 841361PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephenson, J.
In this action for personal injuries, Laura Bombere Clatterbuck recovered a $210,000 judgment against defendants David Scott Harlow, Edward Voss, and Abdul Madyun, employees of the Virginia Department of Corrections (the Department)1. The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in failing to dismiss the action on the ground that judicial immunity shields the defendants from civil liability.
Because of the narrow issue on appeal, we will state only those facts material to its resolution. Phillip A. Boyd, age 16, was found *492guilty of assaulting a police officer by the…
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