Legal Opinion
Rivera v. Com. of Mass.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 30, 1998No. CIV. A. 97-12236-DPWPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
In this case, a fourteen-year-old boy and his mother seek recovery from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Boston, and individual officers for alleged negligence in the issuance and execution of an arrest warrant for the boy. The Massachusetts Tort Claims Act does not permit an action for negligence against an individual public employee. The action may proceed instead against the public employer. In this connection, however, I find the Commonwealth has not waived its Eleventh Amendment immunity from litigation of this matter in the…
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