Mathews v. Carr

The plaintiff’s intestate, a special police officer of the town of Natick, while on traffic duty at the corner of Palmer Avenue and Pond Street, was struck by the defendant’s automobile. The action is to recover for conscious suffering and death. In the Superior Court there was a verdict for the plaintiff.

The defendant offered a release given by the plaintiff to the town of Natick. It acknowledged the receipt of $2,000 paid to her in accordance with a vote of the town, discharged the town of any claim or demand against it and *364was in full satisfaction of any payment due to the plaintiff…