It’s insurance. More reason to allow their employers to be sued. If they make mistakes in the line of duty like any other professional then their employer should be held responsible.
I guess I don’t disagree. The EMPLOYER getting sued conforms to current practice, but tell me if you see gross exceptions. Cities pay out big sums for police misconduct. Hospitals pay out big sums for malpractice. School districts are subject to lawsuits for negligence that harms students. What I have a problem with is the run of the mill employees getting arrested or brought in for civil suits:
1. The pendulum has moved too far in the direction of convicting or suing individual police officers for
misconduct. Together with the epidemic of violence in our cities, this factor has resulted in many police departments not being able to find people who want the job.
2. And now a state like Florida has passed legislation that would result in conviction of teachers who are perceived to be guilty of teaching misconduct. Who exactly will make the arrests? An extremely poorly thought out piece of legislation. Again, in the middle of teaching shortages.
3. And again, who wants to be a nurse if you can be pulled into court for a medication error lawsuit?
