VALENTIN v. BOOTES


740 A.2d 172 (1998)

325 N.J. Super. 590

Edwin VALENTIN, Plaintiff, v. Gary BOOTES, et al., Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County.

Decided July 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo R. Bianchi, Nutley, for plaintiff (Bianchi & Bianchi, attorneys).

John McGovern, Passaic, for defendant Gary Bootes (Anthony J. Fusco, attorney).

John C. Pidgeon, First Assistant Corporation Counsel, for defendant City of Newark (Michelle Hollar-Gregory, Corporation Counsel).


PAYNE, J.S.C.

Plaintiff Edwin Valentin alleges that, on December 1, 1994, he was accosted physically and threatened with a revolver by defendant Gary Bootes, an off-duty Newark police detective. Following the incident, Mr. Valentin filed a complaint in which he sought damages from Detective Bootes, the City of Newark, the Newark Police Department, and various senior police officers for the physical and emotional injuries that he allegedly sustained. Claims against...

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