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Byline: David E. Frank An off-duty police officer accused of brutally beating a man with his service baton while working a paid detail was not immune from liability under G.L.c. [...]

Byline: Brian Frasier, Esq. The use of a police dog to try to compel a man from his vehicle following a police chase was "discretionary police judgment" under the circumstances, [...]

Byline: Brian Frasier, Esq. A plaintiff's police brutality claim failed because his injury was at least partially the result of his resisting the arrest, the Michigan Court of Appeals held. [...]

Byline: Guy Loranger Citing precedent and policy, the Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court's decision to allow an intentional tort action to be filed by the estates of [...]

Byline: Ertel Berry It's difficult to hold an employer vicariously liable for an employee's intentional tort under North Carolina law -- but an Oct. 5 Appeals Court case involving a [...]

Byline: Michael Dayton A former Durham body shop employee who said excessive ridicule and teasing by co-workers landed him in the hospital can go to trial for intentional infliction of [...]

Byline: Jason M. Scally A property buyer could sue a municipality for negligence where a town official provided erroneous zoning information that ultimately precluded the buyer from operating an automobile [...]

Byline: Kenneth C. Jones A girl who was sexually assaulted by a church youth minister could not sue the church for intentional failure to supervise clergy, the Missouri Court of [...]

Byline: Deborah Elkins An insurance policy's intentional-tort exclusion can be applied to an employer sued for an employee's alleged sexual harassment of a delivery driver, a Rockingham County Circuit judge [...]

Byline: Gregory Froom A study guide company that alleged a test administrator's warning scared off potential customers has had its claim dismissed in a Jan. 22 Appeals Court opinion. United [...]