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Federal Action Alleging That Athol Police Committed Constitutional Violations Dismissed

In August, 2024, the plaintiff was arrested by members of the Athol Police Department. Over the course of the next several days, there were additional interactions between that plaintiff and members of the Athol Police Department, events that featured the search of a vehicle that the plaintiff had been operating and another arrest of the plaintiff. The plaintiff brought a federal civil rights lawsuit, alleging

Breach of Contract Claim Against Dracut Police Supervisors Dismissed Prior to Motion Practice

A retired Dracut police officer sued the Dracut Chief of Police and Deputy Chief of Police in Middlesex Superior Court. In brief, the plaintiff alleged that, while he was a member of the Dracut Police Department, he was the subject of an internal affairs investigation that resulted in a negotiated disciplinary settlement. The plaintiff later filed a breach of contract and defamation claim in Middlesex

RJA Obtains Vindication For Fall River Chief of Police And Police Officer in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit

Late one evening, members of the Fall River Police Department responded to a report that an armed individual was holding hostages in a residential building. Officers swept the building and found no such activity in what was at that point believed to be a swatting call. An individual, who was alone in his apartment in the building that night, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit

RJA Secures Summary Judgment Win For Chicopee Police Officers in Federal Civil Rights Action

In October, 2018, a motorcyclist was involved in a traffic accident and ended up injured in the median of a roadway. A Chicopee police officer came upon the scene and began to check on the well-being of the motorcyclist while calling for medical aid. The motorcyclist wanted no part of any interaction with the officer trying to render assistance. That desire presumably was a function

RJA Attorneys Secure First Circuit Judgment in Favor of Revere Police Officers

In 2022, an individual sued two members of the Revere Police Department along with a private citizen. The plaintiff alleged that he entered into a business partnership concerning real property with the private citizen and, after a period of time, the relationship soured. Members of the Revere Police Department became involved in the dispute in various ways over time and, the plaintiff claimed, two officers

RJA Attorney Andy Gambaccini Quoted In Lawyers Weekly Article Involving First Amendment Lawsuit

In a recent Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article, Andy Gambaccini was interviewed in connection with a federal summary judgment decision in which the Court determined that the City of Cambridge did not violate a police officer’s free speech rights when the City suspended the officer following a Facebook post by the officer that dealt with police reform legislation that was named for George Floyd. While the

RJA Receives Victory at Summary Judgment for Two Worcester Police Officers in an Excessive Force Case

In August of 2016, an individual went on a violent crime spree in Worcester, Massachusetts. This individual, in a short period of time, committed multiple sexual assaults, a carjacking and kidnapping as well as an armed robbery. Worcester police officers were able to locate and to arrest this individual at the scene of the armed robbery. The individual later was convicted criminally and sentenced to

RJA Attorney Andy Gambaccini Quoted In Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

Andy Gambaccini recently was interviewed in connection with a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly article discussing a Cambridge police officer’s civil rights lawsuit alleging that his free speech rights were infringed when his employer issued a four-day suspension following the a Facebook post from the officer. While the full story is below, the portion featuring Gambaccini is excerpted here: Worcester lawyer Andrew J. Gambaccini, who represents law

First Circuit Court Of Appeals Affirms Judgment In Favor Of Fall River Chiefs Of Police And Police Officer

The First Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a judgment entered in favor of three members of the Fall River Police Department represented by RJA. The plaintiff in the civil rights case alleged that he had been assaulted by the police, that the police had committed fraud and engaged in a conspiracy to frame the plaintiff and that the police improperly caused the destruction of

Snap Judgments: Does Chauvin have a viable case for a new trial?

Original Article By Pat Murphy on masslawyersweekly.com Q: Does former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin have a viable argument for a new trial based on claims he was denied a fair trial because of media coverage, pre-trial disclosure of the $27 million civil rights settlement with George Floyd’s family, pre-verdict pronouncements of his guilt by political leaders, and/or the denial of his request for a

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Federal Action Alleging That Athol Police Committed Constitutional Violations Dismissed

Breach of Contract Claim Against Dracut Police Supervisors Dismissed Prior to Motion Practice

RJA Obtains Vindication For Fall River Chief of Police And Police Officer in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit

RJA Secures Summary Judgment Win For Chicopee Police Officers in Federal Civil Rights Action

RJA Attorneys Secure First Circuit Judgment in Favor of Revere Police Officers

RJA Attorney Andy Gambaccini Quoted In Lawyers Weekly Article Involving First Amendment Lawsuit

RJA Receives Victory at Summary Judgment for Two Worcester Police Officers in an Excessive Force Case

RJA Attorney Andy Gambaccini Quoted In Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly

First Circuit Court Of Appeals Affirms Judgment In Favor Of Fall River Chiefs Of Police And Police Officer

Snap Judgments: Does Chauvin have a viable case for a new trial?

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