Legal Opinion
Julian v. Randazzo
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 15, 1980PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The plaintiff brought this tort action against the defendant police officers for assault, assault and battery, false imprisonment and “negligent denial of medical care.” A jury returned verdicts for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals, challenging the admission in evidence of a police investigation report and the instructions to the jury on the use of deadly force by a police officer. We trans ferred the case from the Appeals Court to this court, and we uphold the plaintiff’s evidentiary argument and reverse the judgments.
We summarize the evidence. The two defendants were Medford police…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. KleinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
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3Cited by70 opinions
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