Legal Opinion
Farrah Ex Rel. Estate of Santana v. Gondella
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 22, 2010No. Civil Action 07-12075-RGSPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT
STEARNS, District Judge.
On October 31, 2007, Louis J. Farrah, II, the Administrator of the Estate of Alfonso Santana, brought this wrongful death action against Massachusetts State Police troopers Stephen R. Gondella and Mark F. Blanchard, and Lawrence police officer Mark Rivet. 1 Farrah asserts claims for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Count I); assault and battery/wrongful death (Counts III and IV); violations of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act (MCRA), Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 12, § 11H and I (Count V); and common-law…
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