Bell v. Stephens

In 1982, the plaintiff was found guilty of assault and battery with intent to murder the defendant Stephens, a Massachusetts State trooper. The plaintiff was also found guilty of assault and battery on the trooper by means of a dangerous weapon and of carrying a firearm without authority. The crimes *466were committed during a July, 1980, “shoot out” between the plaintiff and the trooper on Route 495 in Chelmsford. The plaintiff was wounded in the course of the incident and has brought this action against the trooper and the Commonwealth, alleging various theories of liability in his complaint. A…