Legal Opinion
Dyson v. City of Pawtucket
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided January 24, 1996No. 93-506-AppealPublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Chief Justice.
This case comes before us on appeal by the defendants Daun White (White) and Richard Rousseau (Rousseau) of the Pawtucket Police Department, and the defendant city of Paw-tucket (city), from entry of judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Mary Alice Dyson (Dyson), in Superior Court based on her action for assault and battery, false arrest, and violation of her constitutional rights under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 1 At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case, White moved for a directed verdict on the assault-and-battery allegations against him. The city moved for a…
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