BLAIR v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF BROOKLINE


24 Mass. App. Ct. 261 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 628

PAUL T. BLAIR vs. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF BROOKLINE & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lee Turner, Town Counsel, for the defendants.

Gerald F. Blair for the plaintiff.

Present: GRANT, PERRETTA, & KASS, JJ.


PERRETTA, J.

There is no dispute that the plaintiff, a twelve-year veteran of the Brookline police force as of the time of this controversy, has suffered from hypertension since 1980. On August 23, 1985, while participating in the arrest of a larceny suspect at a local supermarket, he experienced the symptoms of his condition (terrible headache, the sensation that his heart was racing, and the feeling of severe pressure in his hands, legs, and feet), and he went directly...

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