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The State As A Party Defendant: Abrogation Of Sovereign Immunity In Tort In Maryland
The State As A Party Defendant: Abrogation Of Sovereign Immunity In Tort In Maryland
Maryland Law Review
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Integrating Governmental And Officer Tort Liability, George A. Bermann
Integrating Governmental And Officer Tort Liability, George A. Bermann
Faculty Scholarship
The legislative and judicial dismantling of sovereign immunity is among the more significant and celebrated reforms of recent American administrative law. In many instances, this development has given those seeking damages for wrongful governmental action their first and only defendant. Even in situations in which litigants already had a cause of action against individual public officials, making the government amenable to suit has enhanced the chances of actual recovery, since officials often lack the means to satisfy judgments rendered against them. The immunity from liability enjoyed by public officials also has undergone a complex series of changes. Though still in …