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WHITE v. SEEKONK

23 Mass. App. Ct. 139 (1986)

499 N.E.2d 842

FRASER WHITE, administrator, vs. TOWN OF SEEKONK.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

November 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Thompson for the plaintiff.

Richard T. Corbett for the defendant.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., QUIRICO, & GRANT, JJ.

GRANT, J.

This is a Superior Court action for wrongful death (G.L.c. 229, § 2) to recover the damages sustained by those entitled thereto when the plaintiff's decedent (White) committed suicide on August 28, 1982, while detained in the lockup maintained by the police department of the defendant town. G.L.c. 258. The defendant moved for summary judgment on the ground that "[t]he facts, as conclusively established by the pleadings and discovery, do not give rise...

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