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Qualified immunity could protect government workers from lawsuits no matter how outrageously they act

Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY Comments Off on Qualified immunity could protect government workers from lawsuits no matter how outrageously they act

A road raging off-duty cop. A county engineer stopping traffic. Both got qualified immunity under an expanding definition of the doctrine.

      
Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY
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