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SCARPA v. MURPHY

Civ. A. No. 82-0115-F.

624 F.Supp. 33 (1985)

John SCARPA, Plaintiff, v. William MURPHY, John De Varennes, Marcia Bettega (Town of Lee Selectmen), Edward Finnegan (Chief of Lee Police), William Tierney, Christopher Holmes (Lee Police Officers), and Town of Lee, Massachusetts, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Christo, West Springfield, Mass., for plaintiffs.

J. Norman O'Connor, David B. Mongue, Donovan & O'Connor, Adams, Mass., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

Introduction

This case presents the difficult question of when a town and its supervisory officials can be held liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for an alleged negligent failure to train and supervise their underlings.

Plaintiff's three-count complaint is simple and concise. Plaintiff alleges that on or about September 12, 1981, defendants Tierney and Holmes, police officers of the Town of Lee...

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