Estate of Moulton v. Puopolo

At the time of her death on January 20, 2011, twenty-five year old Stephanie Moulton was employed as a residential treatment counsellor at North Suffolk Mental Health Association, Inc. (North Suffolk), a charitable corporation that provides mental health and rehabilitation services.2 While at work at North Suffolk’s Revere treatment facility, Moulton was alone with DeShawn James Chappell, one of the facility’s residents, when Chappell assaulted Moulton, causing her death.3

Several months after her death, Moulton’s estate brought a *480wrongful death action, G. L. c. 229, § 2, in the Superior Court…