Parello v. McKinney

At issue here is whether legislation eliminating a legislatively created cause of action may be applied retroactively to a claim that accrued prior to the repeal. This issue is often difficult and has been subject to various tests and legal standards for decades. In this case, by amendment to a section of the State Building Code, G. L. c. 143, the legislation in question created strict liability against

“[a]ny person who obtains a permit pursuant to the state *786building code to erect, construct, or demolish a building or structure ... for all injuries and damages that result from a failure to…