WILSON v. JACKSON

No. 884, September Term, 1985.

66 Md. App. 744 (1986)

505 A.2d 913

KATHERINE L. WILSON, ET AL. v. BRUCE LEE JACKSON, SR., ET AL.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

March 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Douglas (Meyers & Young, P.A. on brief, Hagerstown, Thomas N. Berry, Cumberland (Walter H. Madden, Rockville, on brief), for appellants.

Allen J. Katz, Gaithersburg, and Joseph M. Mott, Rockville, for appellees.

Argued before GILBERT, C.J., and WILNER and ADKINS, JJ.


GILBERT, Chief Judge.

This appeal from the Circuit Court for Montgomery County presents two questions:

1. Must the plaintiff prove "actual malice" in order to hold a police officer liable for damages if the action is grounded on 42 U.S.C. § 1983?

2. Was it error for the trial court to permit a doctor of social science to testify to the characteristics of post-traumatic stress disorder?

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