Vent v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “(a) It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Arkansas that all counties, municipal corporations, school districts, public charter schools, special improvement districts, and all other political subdivisions of the state and any of their boards, commissions, agencies, authorities, or other governing bodies shall be immune from liability and from suit for damages except to the extent that they may be covered by liability insurance. (b) No tort action shall lie against any such political subdivision because of the acts of its agents and employees.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dayong Yang v. City of Little Rock

2. “[Wjhile absolute immunity 'bars a suit at the outset,' qualified immunity ‘is in the nature of an affirmative defense.’ ” Vent v. Johnson, 2009 Ark. 92 , 303 S.W.3d 46 (2009) (citing McCrory v. Johnson, 296 Ark. 231 , 755 S.W.2d 566, 572 (1988); see also Dermott Special Sch. Dist. v. Johnson, 343 Ark. 90 , 32 S.W.3d 477 (2000)) (distinguishing the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joseph E. Jackson/W. Va. Dept. of Trans. v. Joseph Wayne Belcher

3. “limited immunity statutorily granted to political subdivisions from damages negligently inflicted on others”). .This Court has historically been very careful to characterize the conclusion reached in Pittsburgh Elevator as an”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Joseph E. Jackson/W. Va. Dept. of Trans. v. Joseph Wayne Belcher