Posted on 06/28/2024 7:33:17 AM PDT by massmike
WRENTHAM — A local resident has filed a lawsuit against the Canton police chief seeking more than $200,000 for a pedestrian accident last February in which he was struck by the chief’s SUV in a crosswalk.
Michael C. Barry, who was 67 at the time, is seeking $211,400 to cover current and future medical expenses related to the Feb. 16 accident involving Canton Police Chief Helena Rafferty, according to the lawsuit filed last week in Dedham Superior Court.
In a statement made in April after blogger Aidan Kearney broke news of the accident, Rafferty admitted to hitting Barry while off duty and driving home about 6:30 p.m. in her unmarked, town-issued Ford Explorer.
She said she paid a fine for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Rafferty, who was 56 at the time, did not say how much she paid but the civil infraction carries a fine of up to $200.
Barry, who was wearing a reflective vest, was walking with a cane on South Street and had just entered the crosswalk at Creek Street when he was struck, according to Wrentham police reports.
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Although she was off duty, she was in a city owned vehicle.
If she was salary and not hourly, the definition of “Not on Duty” as chief is different. $200,000 is cheap under the circumstances. They better pay it and settle this.
This happened in Massachusetts.
....and the board of selectmen just renewed her contract for another year!
Canton: voted out a selectman over a traffic rotary being built; elected a selectman that ACTUALLY killed someone in a DUI accident!
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