Judge allows suit vs Mass. mobster to move forward
Sep 14, 2012, 11:14 AM
BOSTON (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that the family of one of James “Whitey” Bulger’s alleged victims can continue with a federal lawsuit against FBI agents who monitored the mobster while he was an informant.
U.S. District Judge William Young said in a ruling issued Thursday that a lawsuit by Michael Donahue’s family against agents can continue despite of an appeals court ruling that dismissed a claim against the federal government because the statute of limitations had expired.
The Boston Globe (
http://b.globe.com/OuidDa) reports that Young said in his ruling that the case against the agents was filed within the time frame required for a civil suit against individual agents, and so it can continue.
His family says Donahue was an innocent victim who was giving a ride home to Bulger’s target.
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