Mulligan v. Rioux

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the defendants, detectives Robert Rioux and Gerald Myers of the East Hartford police department,1 are entitled to qualified immunity as a matter of law and, therefore, are immune from the common law malicious prosecution claims and federal civil rights claim brought by the plaintiff, Arthur Mulligan, the director of the East Hartford department of public works. After the jury found in favor of the plaintiff on each claim and the trial court accepted the verdict, the defendants filed a motion to set aside the verdict and for judgment…