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VALENTIN v. CARTEGENA

375 Pa.Super. 493 (1988)

544 A.2d 1028

Carmen VALENTIN, Administrator of the Estate of Jesus Valentin, Dec'd, and Carmen Valentin in her own right, Appellant, v. Officer Hiram A. CARTEGENA and Daniel F. Dunn, Former Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (Individually and in His Official Capacity) and Lt. Col. Nicholas G. Dellarciprete, Former Acting Commissioner and Chief of Staff of the Pennsylvania State Police (Individually and in His Official Capacity) and Cyril Laffey, Former Acting Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police (Individually and in His Official Capacity), Dominick Spigarelli, Commanding Officer Troop K, Pennsylvania State Police Belmont Barracks and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed July 26, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Craynock, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Carl Vaccaro, Philadelphia, for Dellarciprete, Laffey, Spigarelli and Com., appellees.

Before ROWLEY, WIEAND and MONTEMURO, JJ.

PER CURIAM:

On December 7, 1984, Jesus Valentin was shot and killed by Hiram Cartagena, a Pennsylvania State Police Officer. On November 13, 1986, Carmen Valentin, as administrator of her son's estate and in her own right, commenced an action for wrongful death and the alleged violation of her son's civil rights. One of the defendants named in the action was Cyril Laffey, a former acting Commissioner of the Pennsylvania...

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