Legal Opinion
Dwyer v. Commissioner of Insurance
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 15, 1978PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Forty-three examiners, employed in the Fraudulent Claims Board (FCB) of the Division of Insurance, were dismissed by the Commissioner of Insurance after hearings. They brought suit in the Superior Court against the Commissioner and others for an order of reinstatement with award of back pay. The suit can be read variously as a civil action in the nature of mandamus (G. L. c. 249, § 5), an appeal under the State Administrative Procedure Act (G. L. c. 30A, § 14), and a claim based on a collective bargaining agreement covering these examiners. A judge of the Superior Court considered the suit in…
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