JONES v. BOYKAN

Nos. SJC-11276, SJC-11095.

464 Mass. 285 (2013)

LUCY JONES & others v. RONALD BOYKAN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

February 6, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garry Teixeira for Lucy Jones & others.

Patricia Bobba Donovan ( Lisa C. deSousa , Associate City Solicitor, with her) for Ronald Boykan & others.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.


BOTSFORD, J.

This case arises out of a violent altercation in 1999 involving the plaintiffs, Lucy Jones, Nicole Jones, William Owens, and Sierra Jones, and the defendant, Officer Ronald Boykan of the Springfield police department (department). More than thirteen years later, with a procedural history that features missteps by many, the case arrives before us on limited further appellate review. See Jones v. Boykan, 79 Mass.App.Ct...

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