RODRIQUES v. FURTADO


410 Mass. 878 (1991)

575 N.E.2d 1124

SHIRLEY MELLO RODRIQUES vs. JOSEPH FURTADO & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Patten for the plaintiff.

Allen N. David (Chantal M. Healey with him) for Joseph Furtado & another.

Thomas E. Elcock for Morton Hospital, Inc. & another.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

On August 20, 1986, Joseph Furtado, a police officer for the city of Taunton (city), submitted an affidavit in support of a request for a warrant to search the plaintiff's vagina. The warrant was issued by an assistant clerk-magistrate of the Taunton Division of the District Court Department. A few hours later, the warrant was executed by Dr. Philip M. Falkoff, a physician at Morton Hospital (hospital) in Taunton. The plaintiff brought this action in...

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