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Shepard v. Attorney General

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 27, 1991PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.

On September 19, 1988, Timothy Shepard collapsed while engaged in a police training course at the Edward W. Connelly Training Center (center) in Agawam. Within the next week, all fifty trainees who participated in the training exercises suffered some degree of muscle deterioration (rhabdomyolysis) due to heat exhaustion. Several trainees suffered renal failure, and eleven, including Shepard, were hospitalized. The Attorney General’s office conducted an investigation of the incident. On October 28, 1988, that office issued a report which concluded that the trainees’ inju ries were caused by a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Linda R. S. v. Richard D.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Nader v. CitronMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. DascalakisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  5. Attorney General v. TuftsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  2. Commonwealth v. PellegriniMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  3. In re D.L.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. TaylorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  5. Commonwealth v. CheneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003

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