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+====Turn: The court would just counterbalance the loss of qualified immunity by limiting successful claims.==== |
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+**Schwartz ’14** - Schwartz, Joanna C. ~~Prof. of Law at UCLA School of Law~~ "Police indemnification." NYU Law Review, Vol. 89:885 (June 2014). |
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+Any prescriptions should also be made with the understanding that modifications to one area of the law will likely have secondary effects.256 If, for example, it became more difficult for a defendant to win a motion to dismiss on qualified immunity grounds,257 courts might create more stringent liability rules to reduce the number of successful claims; Congress might impose damages caps to reduce payouts; cities might settle fewer claims in an effort to discourage weak suits or indemnify fewer officers to reduce costs. |