Firth v. City of Rockland

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

Defendants City of Rockland and Rock-land Police Officer Daniel Brown appeal from a default judgment for compensatory and punitive damages entered against them under M.R.Civ.P. 55(b)(2) in the Superior Court (Knox County, Silsby, J.). Defendants raise a variety of issues, most of which relate to the procedures followed by the court in setting damages. Finding no error in that procedure and no merit in defendants’ other arguments, we affirm the judgment.

On May 18, 1988, the Rockland police stopped plaintiff Floyd Firth for driving an unsafe car. Following the stop,…