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Layman v. Alexander.


U.S. District Court

RESPONDEAT SUPERIOR [Latin, Let the master answer.] A common-law doctrine that makes an employer liable for the actions of an employee when the actions take place within the scope of employment.

The common-law doctrine of respondeat superior
 

SUPERIVISORY LIABILITY

Layman v. Alexander, 294 F.Supp.2d 784 (W.D.N.C. 2003). The guardian of an arrestee ARRESTEE, law of Scotland. He in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment. If, in contempt of the arrestment, he shall make payment of the sum, or deliver the goods arrested to the common debtor, he is not only liable criminally for  brought a civil rights action alleging violation of the arrestee's Fourteenth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment, addition to the U.S. Constitution, adopted 1868. The amendment comprises five sections. Section 1


Section 1 of the amendment declares that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens and citizens
 rights. The district court dismissed the case in part, and denied dismissal in part. The district court held that the guardian stated a claim that jailers thoughtlessly disregarded the consequences, or were heedlessly heed·less  
adj.
Marked by or paying little heed; unmindful or thoughtless. See Synonyms at careless, impetuous.



heedless·ly adv.
 indifferent to the safety and right of the arrestee to receive adequate medical care following his injury at a jail. The court found that the guardian stated a claim a sheriff and lieutenant were liable under the principle of respondeat superior for jailers' conduct. The arrestee had sustained a head injury and was ordered by a doctor to go to the hospital but was not taken by jail staff. A lieutenant ordered jail staff to not permit the arrestee to go to sleep but they did not follow his orders. (Haywood County Jail, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures


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Title Annotation:cases of respondeat superior
Publication:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U5NC
Date:Nov 1, 2004
Words:166
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