Legal Opinion
Shapiro v. City of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 30, 2013PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In this consolidated appeal, we review two cases, one brought by William and Sherry Shapiro and the other by Henry Greenberg (collectively, plaintiffs), against the defendant, the city of Worcester (city). In their respective actions, which each commenced in the Superior Court in 2008, the plaintiffs allege that the city is liable to them for nuisance, continuing nuisance, and continuing trespass, arising from the discharge of effluent from the city’s sewer system onto their properties. In response, the city contends that the plaintiffs’ nuisance claims are barred because they failed to…
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