MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL v. REVERE


385 Mass. 772 (1982)

434 N.E.2d 185

MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL vs. CITY OF REVERE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 12, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurence S. Wolk for Massachusetts General Hospital.

Ira H. Zaleznik for the city of Revere (Valerie L. Pawson for the city of Revere and Carl Valvo, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth, with him).

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

On September 20, 1978, city of Revere police responded to a reported breaking and entering in progress. Upon arrival at the scene, they observed Patrick M. Kivlin with a suitcase and a pillowcase. Kivlin fled and, after repeated warnings to stop and one warning shot, was shot by a police officer. The police summoned an ambulance, which took Kivlin, accompanied by a police officer, to Massachusetts General Hospital...

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