Legal Opinion
Richards v. Town of Eliot
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 10, 2001PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCalkins, J.
[¶ 1] Karen Richards appeals from the summary judgment entered in the Superi- or Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) in favor of the Town of Eliot and Eliot Police Officers Michael Stacy and Wayne Godfrey on all counts of Richards’ complaint alleging police misconduct. We affirm in part and vacate in part.
I. BACKGROUND
[¶2] Many of the facts are disputed. For the purposes of this appeal from the grant of a summary judgment motion, we recite the disputed facts in the light most favorable to Richards, the nonprevailing party. 1
[¶ 3] On October 2, 1996, Karen Richards’ son, Daniel, left his…
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