Legal Opinion
Sampson v. City of Lynn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 4, 1989PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiff brought an action in the Superior Court alleging, in count 2 of the amended complaint, that the city of Lynn (city) was negligent in issuing a license to possess a firearm and that this negligence proximately caused the death of S. Michael Sampson (decedent). The city moved for judgment on the pleadings under Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (c) and (h) (2), 365 Mass. 754 (1974). A judge in the Superior Court allowed this motion, and judgment was entered for the city. We affirm the judgment.
“The effect of a motion for judgment on the pleadings is ‘to challenge the legal sufficiency of the…
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