MOORE v. CITY OF LEWISTON


596 A.2d 612 (1991)

Patti MOORE v. CITY OF LEWISTON, et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided August 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michelle A. Small, Jon Oxman (orally), Linnell, Choate & Webber, Auburn, for plaintiff.

Joy Cantrell (orally), Evan M. Hansen, Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Portland, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD, COLLINS and BRODY, JJ.


COLLINS, Justice.

Patti Moore appeals from a summary judgment against her in the Superior Court (Androscoggin County, Alexander, J.) in her suit seeking damages against the City of Lewiston ("City") and two Lewiston police officers pursuant to the Maine Tort Claims Act, 14 M.R.S.A. §§ 8101-8118 (1980 & Supp.1990), and the federal Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court held that the police officers and the city were immune under the...

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