BELLIN v. KELLEY

No. 97-P-2151.

48 Mass. App. Ct. 573 (2000)

RONALD BELLIN v. FREDERICK J. KELLEY, JR., & others.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira H. Zaleznik for the plaintiff.

David D. DeVeau for town of Hopedale & another.

George L. Dresser (Nadia R. Totino Beard with him) for Frederick J. Kelley, Jr., & another.

Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, Pamela L. Hunt, & Peter T. Wechsler, Assistant Attorneys General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GREENBERG, GILLERMAN, & RAPOZA, JJ.


GILLERMAN, J.

The plaintiff was employed by the defendant Kelley Consultants, Inc. (company), a private collection agency whose business included collecting delinquent excise taxes for cities and towns. The defendant Frederick J. Kelley, Jr. (Kelley), was the president and treasurer of the company. There had been a theft of cash at the company's premises, and the plaintiff was suspected of being the thief. The defendant Wayne Minichielli, a Hopedale police officer...

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