Legal Opinion
Doe v. Town of Blandford
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 13, 1988PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiff, Jane Doe, filed suit against the defendants pursuant to the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. G. L. c. 258 (1986 ed.). The defendants are: (a) the seven towns that agreed to form the Gateway Regional School District; (b) the Gateway Regional School District school committee (school committee); (c) twenty-eight past and present individual members of the school committee; (d) the past principal of the Gateway Middle School; and (e) two former Gateway Regional School District school superintendents.
The complaint alleges that the defendants were negligent in hiring, failing to…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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