Slaughter v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore, No. 10-2436 (4th Cir. 2012)
Annotate this CaseAfter Racheal Wilson, a new recruit for the Baltimore City Fire Department, tragically died during a "live burn" training exercise, her survivors and estate commenced this action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 against defendants, alleging that the fire department violated Wilson's substantive due process rights by staging the exercise with deliberate indifference to her safety, so as to shock the conscience. The court concluded that because the complaint did not purport to allege that the fire department staged the live burn training exercise with the purpose of causing harm to Wilson or to any other recruit, it fell short of alleging a substantive due process violation in the context of the facts alleged, even though it might well allege causes of action under state law, as the complaint purported to do in other counts.
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