WAGENMANN v. ADAMS

Nos. 86-1475 to 86-1478.

829 F.2d 196 (1987)

Ronald E. WAGENMANN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Russell J. ADAMS, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of Gerald R. ANDERSON, Defendant, Appellant. Ronald E. WAGENMANN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Russell J. ADAMS, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of Edward P. HEALY, Defendant, Appellant. Ronald E. WAGENMANN, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Russell J. ADAMS, et al., Defendants, Appellees. Appeal of Francis J. POZZI and Paul Campbell, Defendants, Appellants. Ronald E. WAGENMANN, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Russell J. ADAMS, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard R. Laurence, with whom Milton, Laurence & Dixon, Worcester, Mass., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Gerald R. Anderson.

Richard R. Eurich, with whom Carol A. Griffin and Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendant, appellant Edward P. Healy.

James F. Bergin, Asst. City Sol., with whom Gary S. Brackett, City Sol., Worcester, Mass., was on brief, for defendants, appellants Francis J. Pozzi and Paul Campbell.

Stewart T. Herrick, with whom Tammy L. Arcuri, Catanzaro, Effren & Herrick, P.C., Ashland, Mass., Alex H. MacDonald, Steven Perlmutter and Harrison & Maguire, P.C., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Ronald E. Wagenmann.

Before COFFIN, ALDRICH and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

It was early in the seventeenth century when George Herbert wrote:

"Marry your son when you will; your daughter when you can."

The sagacity of that advice, suspect in any era, was called into grave doubt some three hundred fifty years later in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the process, bitterly-fought litigation ensued. These lawsuits have now wended their rancorous way to our doorstep. Because the underlying circumstances border...

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