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MIGA v. HOLYOKE

398 Mass. 343 (1986)

497 N.E.2d 1

DOLORES MIGA, individually and as administratrix, vs. CITY OF HOLYOKE & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

September 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold F. Brunault, City Solicitor (Harry Zarrow with him) for the defendants.

Harold Resnic for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & LYNCH, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The city of Holyoke and two of its police officers, Joseph Dudek and John J. McMullan, appeal from Superior Court jury verdicts awarding compensatory and punitive damages for the suicide-by-hanging of the plaintiff's decedent while in the defendants' protective custody.

The plaintiff, the mother of the decedent, brought suit against the city of Holyoke, its chief of police, and various police officers, seeking recovery for wrongful death, G...

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