Legal Opinion
Hearn v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 10, 1983PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
We are asked to declare that the two-year statute of limitations (G. L. c. 161A, § 21 1 ) governing ac tians for death, personal injury, or property damage against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) is unenforceable. 2 We decline to do so.
The plaintiff was struck by a bus, the property of the MBTA, on June 30, 1979, while he was operating a bicycle on a public way in Boston. On April 14, 1982, approximately two years and ten months after the accident, he filed a complaint against the MBTA alleging the bus operator’s negligence and seeking damages for his resultant injuries.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of El Paso v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Klein v. CatalanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Lunday Ex Rel. Lunday v. VogelmannSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Director of the Division on the Necessaries of LifeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by11 opinions
- English v. New England Medical Center, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Mirageas v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Ram v. Town of CharltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Lee v. Mt. Ivy Press, L.P.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
- Lavecchia v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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