Does a County employee have an affirmative defense based on reasonable reliance on County regulations to defeat personal liability?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Soto v. City of Sacramento, 567 F. Supp. 662 (E.D. Cal. 1983):
37 I have already noted that the County employees may have an affirmative defense based on reasonable reliance on County regulations to defeat personal liability. But clearly this too is a jury issue. The affirmative defense is based both on "good faith" and "reasonable" reliance both jury questions. See Haygood v. Younger, supra.
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