Vicarious Liability Scope and Police Misconduct

Vicarious Liability Scope and Police Misconduct

Facts

The city or the defendant employed Leigh B Schroyer of who by October 3, 1981, was a field supervisor. The duties he was assigned was to train and supervise the police offers that patrol the streets.

On the same day, Mary M, the plaintiff at around 2.30 am was driving alone to home and was stopped by Leigh B Schroyer, the police officer. The police officer asked for her driving license that she handed over, but failed in field sobriety test when asked to perform it to show whether the plaintiff is as drunk. Schroyer had an opinion that Mary could…