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HEGARTY v. SOMERSET COUNTY

Nos. 94-1473, 94-1474, 94-1517.

53 F.3d 1367 (1995)

John M. HEGARTY as Personal Representative of the Estate of Katherine A. Hegarty, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SOMERSET COUNTY, Rene Guay, Wilfred Hines, Thomas Giroux, Jr., William Crawford, Jr., Defendants, Appellants. John M. HEGARTY as Personal Representative of the Estate of Katherine A. Hegarty, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SOMERSET COUNTY, et al., Defendants, Appellants. John M. HEGARTY, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Katherine A. Hegarty, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SOMERSET COUNTY, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 17, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Fisher, with whom Monaghan, Leahy, Hochadel & Libby, Portland, ME, was on brief for appellants Guay, Hines, Giroux and Crawford and defendant-appellee Spencer Havey.

Frederick J. Badger, Jr., with whom Ann M. Murray and Richardson, Troubh & Badger, Bangor, ME, were on brief for appellant Wright.

Julian L. Sweet, with whom Jeffrey A. Thaler and Berman & Simmons, P.A., Lewiston, ME, were on brief for plaintiff/appellant Hegarty.

Before CYR, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and McAULIFFE, District Judge.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

On May 15, 1992, state and county law enforcement officers forcibly entered a remote cabin in the Maine woods, without a warrant, and mortally wounded plaintiff's decedent, Katherine A. Hegarty, while attempting to arrest her for recklessly endangering the safety of four campers. Plaintiff John M. Hegarty initiated the present action in federal district court for compensatory and punitive damages against...

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