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Accountability the Hard Way

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At around 3:30 p.m. on June 3, 2020, 19-year-old Lacey Higdem was booked into the Rolette County, North Dakota, jail while under the influence of methamphetamine. She was an otherwise healthy young woman with a six-month-old...more

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Supreme Court Clarifies the Scope of Liability in Negligence for Public Authorities Making “Core Policy Decisions”

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In Nelson (City) v Marchi, 2021 SCC 41, the Supreme Court of Canada held that public authorities may only be shielded from liability in negligence when making decisions that engage public policy considerations, such as...more

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Appellate Court Upholds Trail Immunity And Protects Pasadena from Liability - Court clarified availability of trail immunity...

Trail immunity has been examined by the appellate courts numerous times over the past 18 months, most recently in Arvizu v. City of Pasadena, where the plaintiff entered a public park after hours and injured himself when he...more

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Trail Immunity Not a Given for Public Agencies When Injuries Caused by Adjacent Property

Of the many immunities available under the California Government Code, “trail immunity” under section 831.4 has long shielded public entities from liability when injuries are suffered by those using public property for...more

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