Legal Opinion
Police Commissioner v. Gows
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 17, 1999PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFried, J.
The police commissioner of Boston (referred to as department) appeals from portions of a Superior Court judgment awarding attorney’s fees to Officer Sandra Harris Gows.1 Gows was entitled to a portion of her attorney’s fees but not those incurred with respect to those portions of her claim on which the department prevailed.
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Gows, a Boston police officer, was terminated by the depart*15ment on August 12, 1991, for violating several department rules including improper use of deadly force, conduct unbecoming an officer, nonconformance to criminal laws, and failure to notify the Norwood police in a…
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