(Download) "Julie Maynard v. City Madison" by Court of Appeals of Wisconsin " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Julie Maynard v. City Madison
- Author : Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
- Release Date : January 24, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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Defendants appeal from a judgment on a special verdict which found the City of Madison, Police Chief Couper and Police Captain
Scrivner negligent as to maintaining the confidentiality of plaintiff's identity as a paid police informer, and awarded plaintiff
$21,800 damages. We affirm the judgment as to the city and reverse the judgment as to defendants Couper and Scrivner. The facts are largely undisputed. Plaintiff became a paid informer for the Madison Police Department in 1971 at the request
of a city police officer who assured her that her identity would be kept confidential. A similar commitment was made to her
by a city police inspector. Plaintiff filed written reports with the department on the activities of local radical groups
until she became an FBI informer in 1972. One such report is the subject of this lawsuit.