Legal Opinion
Weaver v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 3, 1982PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
This appeal, which we have transferred here on our own initiative, principally involves the requirement of the presentment of a claim under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. G. L. c. 258, § 4. 2 The plaintiff’s intestate, Michael Weaver, a patient at Westborough State Hospital, took his own life on March 9, 1978. In her complaint, the plaintiff alleged that the defendants’ negligent treatment and supervision of Michael Weaver were responsible for his death. On March 6, 1980, the plaintiff presented a written claim to the Commissioner of Mental Health (Commissioner) and to the administrator…
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