Legal Opinion
Graff v. Motta
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 10, 1997No. 94-744-AppealPublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOURCIER, Justice.
These are appeals by the city of Warwick and one of its police officers from final judgment entered against them in the Superior Court following jury verdicts for the plaintiff. The plaintiff also appeals from the final judgment reflecting the rejection by the jury of his claim for violation of civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and also the failure of the judgment to provide for the joint and several liability of the defendants.
The plaintiff is John P. Graff (Graff), and the defendants are the city of Warwick (city) and William DeFeo (Captain DeFeo), a captain…
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