Curley v. Klem

U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit · Decided 2002-08-02

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OPINION OF THE COURT FUENTES, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs 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 Cur-ley, a Port Authority Police Officer, when he mistook Curley for an armed criminal sus…

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