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HOUGHTON v. FORREST

No. 12, September Term, 2009.

989 A.2d 223 (2010)

412 Md. 578

Arnold HOUGHTON v. Cheryl FORREST.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

February 19, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Phelan, Jr., Chief Solicitor (George A. Nilson, City Solicitor, and David E. Ralph, Chief Solicitor, Baltimore City Dept. of Law, Baltimore), on brief for petitioner/cross-respondent.

James L. Rhodes (Law Office of James L. Rhodes, P.A., Baltimore), on brief for respondent/cross-petitioner.

Deborah A. Jeon, Ajmel Quereshi, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland, Baltimore, Brief of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and the Public Justice Center as Amici Curiae.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, ADKINS and BARBERA, JJ.

ADKINS, Judge.

Petitioner Arnold Houghton, an officer in the Baltimore City Police Department ("BCPD"), was sued for intentional and constitutional torts committed against Respondent Cheryl Forrest in the course of Houghton's duties. The case was tried in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, where a jury found against Houghton and awarded compensatory damages to Forrest. On appeal, Houghton argued that the trial verdict should be overturned on grounds of governmental...

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