The Kansas Court of Appeals sided Friday with Shawnee County and the city of Topeka in upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against them by William Dean Blue, who was incorrectly identified in a news release as a crime suspect. Blue in August 2019 sued the city and county governments over a situation in which a man arrested after a robbery and chase falsely identified himself as Blue to police, who shared that information with news media before the suspect’s true identity came to light. Blue said he wasn’t involved with the incident and had never met the suspect. The Court of Appeals noted in Friday’s ruling that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Blue failed to respond to motions for summary judgment filed by the city and county asking that the case be dismissed without a trial.
Source: CJonline
