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DAVIS v. RENNIE

No. 99-1453.

264 F.3d 86 (2001)

Jason DAVIS, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Paul RENNIE, Richard Gillis, Michael Hanlon, Leonard Fitzpatrick, Nicholas L. Tassone, and Joyce Wiegers, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher M. Perry, with whom Brendan J. Perry, Terance P. Perry, and Brendan J. Perry & Associates, P.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Howard R. Meshnick and James A. Sweeney, Assistant Attorneys General, with whom Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General, was on brief, for appellants.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Jason Davis, an involuntarily committed mental patient, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act, and other statutes against multiple defendants after being punched repeatedly in the head during a physical restraint at Westborough State Hospital. A jury awarded Davis $100,000 in compensatory damages and $1.55 million in punitive damages, concluding that the appellants violated Davis's substantive due process...

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