Seibolt v. County of Middlesex

This is a bill in equity under G. L. c. 231A by which the plaintiff seeks declaratory and other relief on his alleged right under G. L. c. 126, § 18A, inserted by St. 1953, c. 355, to be indemnified for expenses and damages, including loss of pay, sustained by him as the result of an injury which he received in the course of his duty as a correction officer at the Middlesex County house of correction. The plaintiff is appealing from a final decree of the Superior Court dismissing his bill.

We hold, for reasons discussed below, that the plaintiff is not entitled to be indemnified.

The case is…