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CA Supervisors Liable for Indemnifying Deputies from Punitive Damages

A California federal district court held county supervisors are not
entitled to legislative immunity from suit for past voting decisions to
indemnify sheriff deputies from punitive damage awards, as such decision
were ad hoc, non legislative and individually targeted decisions
implicating county budgetary priorities. The court held the supervisors
were, ...

 

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