TOFANO v. REIDEL

No. Civ.A. 97-3680(MTB).

61 F.Supp.2d 289 (1999)

Rosemarie TOFANO, as administrator ad prosequendum and General Administrator of the Estate of Scott Tofano, Deceased, and Rosemarie Tofano, individually, Plaintiff, v. Christopher REIDEL, David Stitz, Michael Devine, and Town of Ramsey, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

August 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Fields, Stephen H. Fields & Associates, New York City, for plaintiff.

Ian C. Doris, Harwood Lloyd, L.L.C., Hackensack, New Jersey, for defendant Christopher Riedel.

Dennis Calo, Calo Agostino, P.C., Hackensack, New Jersey, for defendant David Stitz.

Robert J. Maloof, Hein, Smith, Berezin, Maloof, Spinella & Rogers, L.L.C, Hackensack, New Jersey, for defendant Michael Devine.

Alexander H. Carver, III, Carver & Mancinelli, Westwood, New Jersey, for defendant Town of Ransey.


OPINION

BARRY, District Judge.

This case arises from the death of Scott Tofano ("Tofano") on July 24, 1996 following an altercation with three police officers, defendants Christopher Reidel ("Reidel"), David Stitz ("Stitz"), and Michael Devine ("Devine")(collectively as "officers"). Tofano's wife Rosemarie Tofano, as administrator of Tofano's estate and on her own behalf ("plaintiff"), brings this action alleging that the officers violated Tofano...

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