Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Rodriguez
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 24, 2015No. 87/14PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWatts, J.
Gross negligence has been defined as, among things, “an intentional failure to perform a manifest duty in reckless disregard of the consequences as affecting the life or property of another, and also implies a thoughtless disregard of the consequences without the exertion of any effort to avoid them.” Barbre v. Pope, 402 Md. 157, 187, 935 A.2d 699, 717 (2007) (citations omitted). This case concerns the brutal murder of an inmate by another inmate during a ride on a prison transport bus that was staffed by five correctional officers. At core, the issue is whether the correctional officer who…
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