WIERSTAK v. HEFFERNAN

Nos. 85-1643, 85-1644.

789 F.2d 968 (1986)

Philip F. WIERSTAK, Plaintiff, Appellee v. James W. HEFFERNAN, Defendant, Appellant. Philip F. WIERSTAK, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. James W. HEFFERNAN, et al., Defendants, Appellees, City of Worcester, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1986.

As Amended May 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Reardon with whom Austin M. Joyce and Reardon & Reardon, Worcester, Mass., were on brief, for James W. Heffernan.

James T. Bergin, Asst. City Solicitor, Worcester, Mass., for City of Worcester.

Frederick U. Fierst with whom Kenneth P. Neiman and Fierst & Neiman, Northampton, Mass., was on brief, for Philip F. Wierstak.

Before COFFIN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


PETTINE, Senior District Judge.

This case stems from a civil rights action brought by plaintiff-appellee Philip F. Wierstak, [Wierstak] pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for police brutality occurring during his arrest by defendant-appellant James W. Heffernan [Heffernan] and another Worcester City officer. In addition to pendent state law claims for assault and battery, intentional infliction of mental distress, and gross negligence against the officers...

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