Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hardy

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 12, 2019No. SJC 12637PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCypher, J.

**416 In June 2014, the defendant, Suzanne Hardy, was involved in a multivehicle accident in Brimfield in which her two nephews -- four year old Dylan Riel and sixteen month old Jayce Garcia -- were fatally injured. The defendant and her four year old son were seriously injured, but survived. At the time of the accident, Dylan was seated in the rear middle seat of the defendant's four-door sedan with the seat belt fastened, but without an **417 age and size appropriate child safety "booster" seat, and Jayce was seated in the rear passenger's side position, in a front-facing safety seat with…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LatimoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Commonwealth v. CatalinaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  4. Commonwealth v. LevesqueMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
  5. Commonwealth v. BouvierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944

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