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GONSALVES v. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD

C.A. No. 91-11993-MLW.

939 F.Supp. 921 (1996)

Delores GONSALVES, as Administratrix of the Estate of Morris Pina, Jr., Plaintiff, v. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD, Leonard Baillargeon, Richard Benoit, Frederick Borges, John Bullard, Robert Devlin, Sandra Grace, John Hoffman, Patrick Lawrence, Stephen Olivera, and Michael Pacheco, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

August 1, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Friedman, Law Offices of Howard Friedman, Boston, MA, Harvey A. Schwartz, Robert A. Griffith, Schwartz, Shaw & Griffith, Boston, MA, for Delores Gonsalves.

Patrick T. Walsh, New Bedford, MA, for City of New Bedford.

Gerald S. McAuliffe, McParland & McAuliffe, Quincy, MA, for Leonard Baillargeon, and Stephen Oliveira.

Gerald S. McAuliffe, McParland & McAuliffe, Quincy, MA, Joseph P. McParland, Dedham, MA, for Frederick Borges, and Sandra Grace.

Edward P. Reardon, Reardon & Reardon, Worcester, MA, for Robert Devlin, and John D. Hoffman.

Sheila M. Tierney, New Bedford, MA, for Patrick Lawrence.

Armand Fernandes, Jr., City Solicitor, New Bedford, MA, John F. Folan, McLaughlin & Folan, New Bedford, MA, for Michael Pacheco.

Patrick T. Walsh, New Bedford, MA, Armand Fernandes, Jr., Fernandes, Fraze & Finnerty, New Bedford, MA, for Richard Benoit, and John K. Bullard.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WOLF, District Judge.

I. Background

After a trial on plaintiff's civil rights and wrongful death claims, the jury in phase one of this case ("Phase One") found that Leonard Baillargeon beat Morris Pina at 19 Mapleview Terrace, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and awarded $5,000 damages as a result.1 In addition, the jury's verdict reflects the following findings. At least one defendant used unreasonable...

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