Legal Opinion
Miga v. City of Holyoke
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 2, 1986PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C. J.
The city of Holyoke and two of its police officers, Joseph Dudek and John J. McMullan, appeal from Superior Court jury verdicts awarding compensatory and punitive damages for the suicide-by-hanging of the plaintiff’s decedent while in the defendants’ protective custody.
The plaintiff, the mother of the decedent, brought suit against the city of Holyoke, its chief of police, and various police officers, seeking recovery for wrongful death, G. L. c. 229, § 2 (1984 ed.), and for the deprivation of the decedent’s civil rights, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976). 3 Motions by the defendants for directed…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Estelle v. GambleSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Hudson v. PalmerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Parratt v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Jefferson Insurance Co. of New York v. City of HolyokeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1987
- McAvoy v. ShufrinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
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- Meyer v. WagnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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