Legal Opinion
Cosenza v. City of Worcester
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 2, 2019No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 18-10936-TSHPublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Background
1. The Attack
The following facts are taken from Plaintiff's Amended Complaint and assumed to be true at this stage of the litigation.1
On August 14, 2000, a woman named M.H. awoke in her bedroom in Worcester, *88Massachusetts to a man wearing only a t-shirt, underwear, and a cloth wrapped around his head standing at the foot of her bed. When M.H. asked him what he was doing there, he attacked her, beating her with a wooden object. As he climbed on top of her, she kicked and screamed causing her attacker to flee. The attack occurred at 4:00 a.m. and M.H.'s blinds were closed.
She…
2Cases cited61 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Arias v. City of EverettDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 2019
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