Legal Opinion
Barrows v. Wareham Fire District
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 12, 2012No. 11-P-288PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTrainor, J.
The plaintiff, Kevin Barrows, appeals from a summary judgment entered by a judge of the Superior Court on his *624claims of defamation and slander against the municipal defendants, the Wareham fire district and the board of water commissioners of Wareham (collectively, town) (counts I and II of the complaint); and Michael Martin, individually and as the superintendent of the water department of the Wareham fire district (count III of the complaint). Barrows argues on appeal that it was error for the judge to rule (1) that the town was exempt from liability pursuant to G. L. c. 258, § 10(c); and…
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