Plante v. Commonwealth

This is the petitioner’s appeal of the trial court’s dismissal, after hearing, of her G.L.c. 258A claim that her wrongful eviction by her landlord entitled her to statutory compensation as a victim of a violent crime.

The petitioner alleges that she was wrongfully evicted by her landlord from the cottage she leased in Rockport, Massachusetts and that in consequence of such eviction, she suffered extreme emotional distress which necessitated psychiatric treatment. She filed a G.L.c. 258A petition seeking statutory compensation both for medical expenses incurred for the treatment of severe…