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context of qualified official immunity in Kentucky

12 Kentucky opinions name it 2 courts 2006–2026 9 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Kentucky courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (5)

CaseFollowedCited
Rowan County v. Sloasgreen
ky · 2006 · cited in 5 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2010–2025
2 sentences

2025“In the context of qualified official immunity, ‘[s]ummary judgments play an especially important role’, as the defense renders one immune not just from liability, but also from suit itself.” Haney v. Monsky, 311 S.W.3d 235, 240 (Ky. 2010) (quoting Rowan County v. Sloas, 201 S.W.3d 469, 474 (Ky. 2006)).

2024Sloas, 201 S.W.3d at 475 . [I]n the context of qualified official immunity, “bad faith” can be predicated on a violation of a constitutional, 11 Similarly, internal policies of GPD for dealing with persons of diminished capacity and those with mental illnesses require officers to “use reasonable judgment” to recognize behavior that could be a result of mental illness and that an individual should be taken into custody only when an officer “believes that the individual poses a substantial risk of harm to himself or others.” The SCSD’s policy regarding dealing with mentally ill citizens likewise

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Yanero v. Davisgreen
ky · 2001 · cited in 7 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2006–2026
2 sentences

2024And to do so, he would have to demonstrate that Wilson acted with a willful or malicious intent to harm others, a corrupt motive, or at least constructive knowledge that his actions violated the constitutional statutory or other clearly established rights of other people: The Court in Yanero states “in the context of qualified official immunity, ‘bad faith’ can be predicated on a violation of a constitutional, statutory, or other clearly established right which a person in the public employee’s position presumptively would have known was afforded to a person in the plaintiff’s position, i.e.,

2023The Court in Yanero states “in the context of qualified official immunity, ‘bad faith’ can be predicated on a violation of a constitutional, statutory, or other clearly established right which a person in the public employee’s position presumptively would have known was afforded to a person in the plaintiff’s position, i.e., objective unreasonableness; or if the officer or employee willfully or maliciously intended to harm the plaintiff or acted with a corrupt motive.” 65 S.W.3d at 523 .

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Ritchie v. Turnergreen
moctapp · 2018 · cited in 3 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2021–2022
2 sentences

2022In the context of qualified official immunity, “[s]ummary judgments play an especially important role as the defense renders one immune not just from liability, but also from suit itself.” Ritchie v. Turner, 559 S.W.3d 822, 830 (Ky. 2018) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

2021In the context of qualified official immunity, “‘[s]ummary judgments play an especially important role’ as the defense renders one immune not just from liability, but also from suit itself.” Ritchie v. Turner, 559 S.W.3d 822, 830 (Ky. 2018) (citations omitted).

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Haney v. Monsky Ex Rel. Zagergreen
ky · 2010 · cited in 1 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025“In the context of qualified official immunity, ‘[s]ummary judgments play an especially important role’, as the defense renders one immune not just from liability, but also from suit itself.” Haney v. Monsky, 311 S.W.3d 235, 240 (Ky. 2010) (quoting Rowan County v. Sloas, 201 S.W.3d 469, 474 (Ky. 2006)).

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Williams v. Kentucky Department of Educationgreen
ky · 2003 · cited in 1 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
1 sentence

2021In the context of qualified official immunity in the public school setting, in Williams v. Kentucky Department of Education, the Kentucky Supreme Court explained that a “special relationship” is formed between a Kentucky school district and its students compelled to attend school such that there is “an affirmative duty on the district, its faculty, and its administrators to take all -6- reasonable steps to prevent foreseeable harm to its students.” 113 S.W.3d 145, 148 (Ky. 2003) (citations omitted).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (1)

CaseNegativeCited
Stringer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.green
ky · 2004 · cited in 1 Kentucky opinions naming this issue, 2020–2020
1 sentence

2020Thieneman argues that a claim for defamation per se creates a conclusive presumption of both malice and damages, in reliance on Stringer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 151 S.W.3d 781, 794-95 (Ky. 2004), overruled by Toler, 458 S.W.3d 276 .

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Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc. green
ky · 1991
2 sentences

2021A “trial court must then view the record ‘in a light most favorable to the party opposing the motion for summary judgment and all doubts are to be resolved in his favor.’” Rowan County v. Sloas, 201 S.W.3d 469, 474 (Ky. 2006) (quoting Steelvest, 807 S.W.2d at 480 ). -7- In the context of qualified official immunity, “[s]ummary judgments play an especially important role as the defense renders one immune not just from liability, but also from suit itself.” Ritchie v. Turner, 559 S.W.3d 822, 830 (Ky. 2018) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

2010A “trial court must then view the record ‘in a light most favorable to the party opposing the motion for summary judgment and all doubts are to be resolved in his favor.’” Rowan County v. Sloas, 201 S.W.3d 469, 474 (Ky.2006) (quoting Steelvest, 807 S.W.2d at 480 ). *240 In the context of qualified official immunity, “[sjummary judgments play an especially important role”, as the defense renders one immune not just from liability, but also from suit itself.

22010–2021
Toler v. Süd-Chemie, Inc. green
ky · 2014
1 sentence

2020Thieneman argues that a claim for defamation per se creates a conclusive presumption of both malice and damages, in reliance on Stringer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 151 S.W.3d 781, 794-95 (Ky. 2004), overruled by Toler, 458 S.W.3d 276 .

12020–2020
Mitchell v. Forsyth green
scotus · 1985
2 sentences

2010Sloas, 201 S.W.3d at 474 (citing Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 526 , 105 S.Ct. 2806 , 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985)).

2010Sloas, 201 S.W.3d at 474 (citing Mitchell v. Forsyth, 472 U.S. 511, 526 , 105 S.Ct. 2806 , 86 L.Ed.2d 411 (1985)).

12010–2010

Statutes the citing opinions construe

KY § Ky. Rev. Stat. § 161.180 (3) KY § Ky. Rev. Stat. § 620.030 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

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