DOBOS v. DRISCOLL


404 Mass. 634 (1989)

537 N.E.2d 558

ROBERT DOBOS & others vs. PAUL DRISCOLL & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 19, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Landry, III, Special Assistant Attorney General (Mark P. Sutliff & William Mitchell, Assistant Attorneys General, & Stanley Adelman with him) for John F. Kehoe, Jr., & others.

Richard L. Zisson for Paul Driscoll.

David C. Casey (Deborah A. Tootalian, with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

This is an appeal from judgments entered against a State trooper, Paul Driscoll, his supervisors, and the Commonwealth. The plaintiffs brought suit against Driscoll for violation of Dobos's civil rights, 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1979), as amended, and under the common law for assault and battery, false imprisonment, and the intentional or reckless infliction of emotional distress. The supervisory defendants were sued under 42 U.S.C. § 1983; the Commonwealth...

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