Legal Opinion
Stock v. Massachusetts Hospital School
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 19, 1984PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The plaintiff, Richard Stock, has appealed the entry of summary judgment in favor of the defendants in the Superior Court. We allowed Stock’s motion for direct appellate review. We hold that allowance of the defendants’ motion for summary judgment was error, and we remand the case to the Superior Court.
1. Factual background and prior proceedings. Richard Stock, age 21, suffers from multiple cognitive and motor disabilities which are the result of a brain tumor and chemotherapy-radiation treatments received for that tumor at the age of ten. He also manifests emotional and behavioral…
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