KEDRA v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. No. 77-4046.

454 F.Supp. 652 (1978)

Dolores M. KEDRA, in her own right, Richard J. Rozanski and Elizabeth Rozanski, Husband and Wife, Patricia Kedra, Kenneth Kedra, Teresa Kedra, Michael Kedra, a minor, by his parent and natural guardian Dolores M. Kedra, Robert Kedra, a minor, by his parent and natural guardian Dolores M. Kedra, and James Kedra, a minor, by his parent and natural guardian Dolores M. Kedra v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Joseph F. O'NEILL, Police Commissioner of the City of Philadelphia, Joseph Golden, Chief Inspector, Homicide Division of the Police Department of the City of Philadelphia, Captain Donald Patterson, Lieutenant Lesley Simmins, Lieutenant Augustus Miller, Sergeant John Tiers, Detective Richard Strohm, Detective James Richardson, Detective George Cassidy, Detective Michael Gannon, Officer James Brady, Officer Robert Pitney, Officer Jessie Vassor, Officer John J. D'Amico, Officer (first name unknown) Tuffo, and other unidentified members of the Philadelphia Police Department.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Feinberg, Ronald A. Blumfeld, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Gerald T. Clark, Asst. City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants.


OPINION

LUONGO, District Judge.

This civil rights action arises out of an alleged series of brutal acts committed by Philadelphia policemen against the plaintiffs. The events set forth in the complaint span one and one-half years, from December 1975 to February or March 1977. The defendants have moved to dismiss. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b).

I. The Factual Allegations

Plaintiffs are Dolores M. Kedra; her children, Elizabeth, Patricia...

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