[DOWNLOAD] "Curley Vl Klem" by Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Curley Vl Klem
- Author : Third Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 02, 2002
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 59 KB
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This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiff 's complaint on the ground that the defendant was shielded from liability by the doctrine of qualified immunity. The defendant, Ronald Klem, a New Jersey State Trooper, shot and seriously injured Corvet Curley, a Port Authority Police Officer, when he mistook Curley for an armed criminal suspect. Klem had been chasing a "tall black male" who had fled in a car after murdering a police officer. The chase ended on the George Washington Bridge where, after colliding with another vehicle, the suspect shot himself to death. Moments later, Klem arrived at the toll plaza still in pursuit of the suspect. In response to a radio transmission about the chase, Curley, dressed in a standard Port Authority police uniform, also arrived at the plaza. Two witnesses at the scene recognized Curley to be a police officer. Klem, claiming to see a "tall thin black male" with a gun aimed at him, fired his shotgun at Curley.