Suspended and indicted Massachusetts State Trooper Scott Quigley won’t be answering questions about a crash in Woburn that killed 37-year-old Angelo Schettino of Saugus. That’s according to a motion filed by his lawyer in the Schettino family’s wrongful death civil suit that names Quigley and State Police as defendants.
The request seeks to “stay” or pause the civil case until there is a resolution in Quigley’s criminal proceedings. The move would halt all “discovery”, the process of gathering evidence, subpoenaing documents, and questioning witnesses.
“Due to the pendency of the criminal matter, Defendant Quigley will be unable to participate in discovery, as he will be forced to assert his privilege against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment,” the filing states.
Michael Mahoney, attorney for Schettino family, plans to fight Quigley’s motion arguing that efforts to uncover the truth are being stonewalled. “Discovery is how families find out what happened when the official investigation has failed them,” Mahoney told Investigative Reporter Ted Daniel…