Former MSP Detective Sgt. Brian Keely's lawyers move to dismiss the excessive force civil suit, citing qualified immunity.

Alexandra Weaver argued that she could not reasonably have been expected to know that her actions were unconstitutional.

The officers argued that they should receive qualified immunity in the federal lawsuit filed by Cedric "CJ" Lofton's brother.

Oregon corrections officials will have to defend claims that they violated prisoners’ Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect them from exposure to Covid-19, a federal appeals court said.

U.S. District Judge Joel H. Slomsky ruled that the “individual defendants should have known that there was no probable cause ...

POLITICS. Qualified Immunity Is Burning a Hole in the Constitution Police officers’ go-to defense against civil suits allows them to violate the Constitution with impunity.

The qualified immunity legal doctrine, established by the Supreme Court in 1967, is intended to protect government workers from frivolous lawsuits, Reuters reported.

Qualified immunity is meant to protect public officials such as police officers from financial ruin if they are sued for on-the-job conduct. Victim advocates and civil rights lawyers say the legal ...

The proposals to overturn legislation overhauling higher education, eliminate property taxes and end qualified immunity will ...

McKenzie, 58, was charged by the Portsmouth Police Department with sexual assault and simple assault of a minor at Gibbs ...

Qualified immunity was created by the U.S. Supreme Court nearly 60 years ago. It shields police officers from accountability if they’re accused of wrongdoing on the job. “The people that support ...

If qualified immunity were eliminated or severely restricted, it would likely have a chilling effect on law enforcement. The threat of a lawsuit over any misstep would mean police officers would ...