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COUGHLIN v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

No. 96-P-423.

43 Mass. App. Ct. 809 (1997)

PAUL COUGHLIN, administrator, & others v. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION & others.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Harrington for Paul Coughlin.

Leslie B. Greer, Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Correction & others.

Present: BROWN, GREENBERG, & FLANNERY, JJ.

BROWN, J.

The plaintiff, Paul Coughlin, administrator of the estate of his daughter, Colleen Coughlin, asserts wrongful death and Federal civil rights claims against various Commonwealth agencies and employees after Colleen was murdered in April, 1992, by Michael Kelley, a twice convicted rapist who had been paroled by the Department of Correction.3 A judge of the Superior Court allowed the defendants' motion to dismiss pursuant to Mass...

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