HB609:

Civil action for the deprivation of rights; duties and liabilities of certain employers.

Bill Summary:

Civil action for the deprivation of rights;
duties and liabilities of certain employers. Creates a civil
cause of action for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or
immunities pursuant to the constitutions and laws of the United States
and the Commonwealth due to the acts or omissions of either a public
employer or its employee and provides that a plaintiff may maintain
an action to establish liability and recover compensatory damages,
punitive damages, and equitable relief against the public employer
and its employee. The bill provides that sovereign immunity is not
a defense to such an action. The bill further provides that public
employers owe a duty of reasonable care to third parties in the hiring,
supervision, training, retention, and use of their employees and
that a person who claims to have suffered injury or sustained damages
caused, in whole or in part, by a breach of this duty may maintain
an action to establish liability and recover compensatory damages,
punitive damages, and equitable relief against such public employer.