Legal Opinion
Pobieglo v. Monsanto Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 11, 1988PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This case comes before the court on certification from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts of two questions involving the applicability of the so-called discovery rule to claims for wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering arising from exposure to workplace chemicals. See S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981).
The plaintiffs filed suit in the Superior Court in Hampden County on December 31, 1984, seeking to recover for the alleged wrongful death and conscious pain and suffering of John I. Pobieglo (decedent) and for their loss of…
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