HELENA, Mont. (Legal Newsline) - A police officer who impregnated a woman he suspected of drunk driving after telling her “something needs to be done” wasn’t necessarily acting out of the scope of employment, the Montana Supreme Court ruled in answer to a question about state law from a federal appeals court.
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Indian Affairs can be held responsible for $1.6 million in damages awarded to a Northern Cheyenne woman who was coerced into sex by a BIA officer.
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Indian Affairs can be held responsible for $1.6 million in damages awarded to a Northern Cheyenne woman who was coerced into sex by a BIA officer.
The Montana Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Indian Affairs can be held responsible for $1.6 million in damages awarded to a Northern Cheyenne woman who was coerced into sex by a BIA officer.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs can be held responsible for damages awarded to a Montana woman who became pregnant after an on-duty BIA officer used