Legal Opinion
Kowalski v. Gagne
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 14, 1990No. 90-1134PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
This appeal arises out of a diversity suit brought by plaintiff Linda Kowalski against defendant Richard Gagne, seeking damages under the Massachusetts wrongful death statute for the fatal shooting of plaintiff’s husband by defendant. The dis*301trict court entered judgment on a jury verdict awarding $45,000 to the plaintiff, and defendant now appeals. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Richard Gagne shot and killed Robert Kowalski at Gagne’s Pharmacy in Holyoke, Massachusetts on the night of October 29, 1970. The precise circumstances of the shooting…
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