Legal Opinion
Collins v. City of Harker Heights
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 26, 1992No. 90-1279PublishedCited by 3,192 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens
The question presented is whether § 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1988, provides a remedy for a municipal employee who is fatally injured in the course of his employment because the city customarily failed to train or warn its employees about known hazards in the workplace. Even though the city’s conduct may be actionable under state law, we hold that §1983 does not apply because such conduct does not violate the Due Process Clause.
On October 21, 1988, Larry Michael Collins, an employee in the sanitation department of the city of Harker Heights, Texas,…
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