Litigation
May 30, 2013
SF Sheriff's Department may be liable for officer's punch
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department could be liable for an incident in which an officer struck a man in the face while he was seated in the county jail, a magistrate judge has ruled.
By Hadley Robinson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The San Francisco Sheriff's Department could be liable for an incident in which an officer struck a man in the face while he was seated in the county jail, a magistrate judge ruled in an order unsealed Wednesday. U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley tossed the rest of the plaintiff's claims, but allowed the claims under a Supreme Court decision that says municipalities can be held liable if a policy causes an employee to...
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