Legal Opinion
Wong v. University of Massachusetts
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 25, 2002PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
We must decide in this case what statute of limitations applies to an action for breach of contract against the Commonwealth. On January 26, 1999, the plaintiff, Howard Wong, brought an action against the University of Massachusetts alleging that it had committed a breach of his employment contract when it discharged him in May, 1993. A judge in the Superior Court dismissed the complaint on the grounds that the action had not been commenced within the three-year *30statute of limitations provided in G. L. c. 260, § 3A.2 In a brief, unpublished memorandum, citing Chapman v. University of Mass.…
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