Legal Opinion
Cooney v. Department of Mental Retardation
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 27, 2001No. 99-P-994PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
The plaintiff Lorraine Cooney filed a multicount *379complaint for damages in 1994 against the Department of Mental Retardation (DMR) and its employee Paula Braun, as well as against Baroco, Inc. (Baroco), and its employee Katherine Hamel, for actions taken in connection with the removal in 1992 of two adult female mentally retarded DMR clients from the plaintiff’s home, where they had long resided, following allegations and reporting thereof to authorities of suspected sexual abuse that ultimately were deemed unfounded. In 1995, the plaintiff’s claims against DMR and Braun were dismissed…
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