BAPTISTA v. BRISTOL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

Nos. 20-P-731 & 20-P-778.

100 Mass. App. Ct. 841 (2022)

NATASHA M. BAPTISTA, individually and as personal representative v. BRISTOL COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

April 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Hornstine, Assistant Attorney General, for Bristol County sheriff's department.

Michael J. Grace for the plaintiff.

Stephen Pfaff for city of New Bedford.

Present: Rubin, Neyman, & Englander, JJ.


These tort actions arise from the death of Egidio Batista, the father of the plaintiff, Natasha Baptista, from injuries he suffered when he was pushed to the ground by Luis Mojica, with whom he had been placed in a holding cell at a county jail.3 The plaintiff has brought claims against the defendants both...

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