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From page 7... ... TCRP LRD 58 7 an injury inflicted solely by its employees or agents. Instead, it is when execution of a government's policy or custom, whether made by its lawmakers or by those whose edicts or acts may fairly be said to represent official policy, inflicts the injury that the government as an entity is responsible under § 1983."23 Consequently, there is no vicarious liability, as exists under common law, of a public transportation authority in a § 1983 action based on the doctrine of respondeat superior. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... 8 TCRP LRD 58 Ray failed to show that a policy or custom of the LIRR caused the alleged constitutional violation or that the LIRR's training or supervision of Willet was so inadequate that the LIRR was deliberately indifferent to Ray's constitutional rights.40 Similarly, in Roebuck v. Davis,41 supra, the plaintiff brought claims under § 1983 against individual officers of the Philadelphia Police Department and the Transit Police Department, as well as a Monell claim against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Read the entire page →

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... TCRP LRD 58 7 an injury inflicted solely by its employees or agents. Instead, it is when execution of a government's policy or custom, whether made by its lawmakers or by those whose edicts or acts may fairly be said to represent official policy, inflicts the injury that the government as an entity is responsible under § 1983."23 Consequently, there is no vicarious liability, as exists under common law, of a public transportation authority in a § 1983 action based on the doctrine of respondeat superior.

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... 8 TCRP LRD 58 Ray failed to show that a policy or custom of the LIRR caused the alleged constitutional violation or that the LIRR's training or supervision of Willet was so inadequate that the LIRR was deliberately indifferent to Ray's constitutional rights.40 Similarly, in Roebuck v. Davis,41 supra, the plaintiff brought claims under § 1983 against individual officers of the Philadelphia Police Department and the Transit Police Department, as well as a Monell claim against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)

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