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Public entities get sued all the time. They all have risk insurance that covers compensatory & punative damages less their deductible. The financial damage would lie in their deductible & a potentially significant increase in the county’s annual premiums. The County would not have paid any financial award from their operating budget.
Manitowoc County is insured by Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance Company, WMMIC, as are 19 other counties in Wisconsin.
The insurer frequently has a very experienced Constitutional litigator on retainer and the insurer may dictate what attorney will represent the municipality in an effort to limit damages if the Plaintiff prevails.
Assigning personal liability to state actors is extremely complex and is governed in large part by ruling federal case law. Unless you are an experienced Constitutional litigator, IMO, it’s unwise to speculate as to the outcome of a federal civil rights case.
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