LEACH v. BETTERS


599 A.2d 424 (1991)

Sandra M. LEACH v. Richard BETTERS, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided November 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy E. Robbins, Michael Parker (orally), Portland, for plaintiff.

Deborah Mann (orally), Peter B. LaFond, Jensen, Baird, Gardner & Henry, Portland, for defendants.

William R. Stokes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for amicus curiae.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, and COLLINS, JJ.


WATHEN, Justice.

Plaintiff Sandra Leach appeals from an order of the Superior Court (York County, Fritzsche, J.) granting summary judgment in favor of defendants Richard Betters and Richard Connelly. The Superior Court held that the defendants, police officers in the Town of Wells, were immune from civil liability by virtue of the Maine Tort Claims Act, 14 M.R.S.A. § 8111(1)(C) (1980). Plaintiff contends that...

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