Legal Opinion
Tambolleo v. Town of West Boylston
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 25, 1993No. 91-P-523PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
In letters presented to the defendant town’s board of selectmen pursuant to G. L. c. 258, § 4, the plaintiffs stated that they had sustained personal injuries as the result of an assault by John Sargent, a West Boylston police officer. They thereafter brought a complaint against the town and its police department seeking damages for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1988), emotional distress, and negligence in the training and supervision of its police officers. Summary judgment was entered for the defendants for the stated reasons that the plaintiffs’ allegations under § 1983, even if…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Hector Santiago v. Paul J. Fenton, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
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