Ricker v. Northeastern University

This question of law, arising in a civil action 1 in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, has been certified to us by a senior judge of that court under S. J. C. Rule 3:21 (359 Mass. 790, approved October 29, 1971). He requests that this court determine whether “a charitable corporation organized under . . . [G. L. c. 180] is immune from a suit for personal injuries and death brought on April 2, 1970, for an alleged series of negligent acts which occurred between April 1-12, 1968, prior to the . . . [ojpinion in Colby v. Carney [Hosp.], 356 Mass. 527” which this court…