Legal Opinion
Baptiste v. Sheriff of Bristol County
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 12, 1993No. 91-P-1321PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
On November 20, 1981, Michael Baptiste, an inmate at the Bristol County Correctional Facility (facility), was fatally stabbed by a pretrial detainee with a pair of scissors. The plaintiff brought this action seeking wrongful death damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) and G. L. c. 258, § 2. Concluding that the plaintiff had no reasonable expectation of proving that the defendants had been deliberately indifferent to her son’s right to personal security and that she had failed to comply with the presentment requirements of G. L. c. 258, § 4, 3 the Superior Court judge granted the defendants’…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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