Is there any case law where a government official has been found guilty of gross negligence in a civil case?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Samuels v. Adame, Case No. 1:09-cv-01320-AWI-DLB PC (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Defendants also contend they are entitled to qualified immunity. Government officials enjoy qualified immunity from civil damages unless their conduct violates "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457
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