Legal Opinion
Fortenbacher v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 16, 2008No. 07-P-937PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMeade, J.
The plaintiff, Michelle Fortenbacher, individually and in her capacity as the administratrix of the estate of her son, Richard MacCord, brought this wrongful death action, pursuant, in part, to the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act (Act), G. L. c. 258, against the Commonwealth as a result of a fatal motor vehicle accident on a bridge. The Commonwealth’s motion for summary judgment, which claimed, among other things, that it was immune from suit pursuant to § 10(A) of the Act, was denied by a Superior Court judge.2 In its as-of-right interlocutory appeal of that order, see Brum v. Dartmouth, 428…
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- Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. Metcalf & Eddy, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. GaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- LaLonde v. EissnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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- Martins v. University of Massachusetts Medical SchoolMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2009
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