What is the current state of the law on civil liability for civil servants in civil matters?

The policy behind the former immunity is that the acts or determinations of government officials exercising discretion should not be influenced by the danger of subsequent retaliatory suits for damages. (Poysa v. State of New York, 102 Misc.2d 269, 272, 423 N.Y.S.2d 617.) The predicate for the latter immunity is the notion that the courts may not intrude into the policy-making decisions of coordinate branches of government. (Poysa v. State of New York, supra, at 272, 423 N.Y.S.2d 617.) Moreover, this immunity oftens finds its expression in the concept that the duty of the

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