Legal Opinion
Smith v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 6, 2006No. 05-P-615PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKatzmann, J.
The complaint in this case was triggered by an apparent error in the Registry of Motor Vehicles’s (RMV) database. We conclude that the plaintiff’s suit is barred by the sovereign immunity provisions of G. L. c. 258, the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act (MTCA). G. L. c. 258, § 10(e). Accordingly, we reverse the Superior Court judge’s denial of the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.
For the purposes of our review, we accept as true the allegations in the complaint. Nader v. Citron, 372 Mass. 96, 98 (1977). The central allegation is that the RMV was negligent in issuing an erroneous RMV…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Brum v. Town of DartmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
- Kent v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Carleton v. Town of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Victor V. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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