Court Opinion

ID: 9761527
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 01:44:40.544089+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:29:24.088921
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Judge Wilkinson, Jr. :
I must respectfully dissent. The only allegation regarding the activity of the police officers in this case for which the municipality is said to have *29liability is that they “wrongfully and erroneously exercised” their authority as police officers. Contrary to the position of the majority, I cannot find any express or implied allegation, in one place or taking the complaint as a whole, that the officers were negligent or failed to exercise reasonable care. The only thing I find express or implied is that they were wrong. If this is to be the law, it would appear to me that every municipality is subject to suit every time its police officers make an arrest and the charges are dismissed or the jury fails to convict. I cannot agree that making an error or being wrong implies a lack of reasonable care.