Appleton v. Town of Hudson

On June 26,1982, the plaintiff, Laura Appleton, was seriously injured and her husband, Allen Appleton, was killed in an automobile accident on River Street in Hudson. The plaintiff, individually and as administratrix of her husband’s estate, brought this action under G. L. c. 258, § 1 (1984 ed.), the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act; G. L. c. 12, § 11 (1984 ed.), the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act; and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982), the Federal Civil Rights Act, to recover damages allegedly caused by the defendants’ negligent failure “to properly administer safe road standards at River Street and…