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· 11/12/1986

White v. Town of Seekon

Citations

  • 499 N.E.2d 842
  • 23 Mass. App. Ct. 139
  • 1986 Mass. App. LEXIS 1870

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the plaintiff was entitled to a jury trial about whether a police department knew or should have known that a prisoner was a suicide risk and concluding that summary judgment is especially disfavored when knowledge is at issue
  • holding that the plaintiff was entitled to a jury trial about whether a police department knew or should have known that a prisoner was a suicide risk and concluding that summary judgment is especially disfavored when knowledge is at issue
  • “[s]ummary judgment is especially disfavored where [as here] knowledge or state of mind is at issue”
  • recommendations of Special Commission to Investigate Suicide in Municipal Detention Centers incorporated in G. L. c. 40, § 36B

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Judges: Greaney, Quirico, Grant

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