Missett v. Cardinal Cushing High School

The plaintiffs, Dennis J. Missett, Jr., and his parents, Ann and Dennis J. Missett, brought this action for negligence and loss of consortium against the defendant, Cardinal Cushing High School, for injuries suffered when Dennis J. Missett, Jr., was stabbed while attending a dance at the high school. A Superior Court jury entered verdicts for the plaintiffs awarding $70,500 in total damages. The trial judge, who had reserved the question of whether the charit*6able immunity “cap,” G. L. c. 231, § 85K, applied in the case, concluded that the dance was not an “activity carried on to accomplish…