Foley v. Polaroid Corp.

The plaintiffs Edward P. Foley and Mary Foley filed a complaint in the Superior Court for Middlesex County, alleging injury as a result of certain tortious conduct of the defendant, Polaroid Corporation. The defendant filed a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (1), 365 Mass. 755 (1974). A judge of the Superior Court granted the defendant’s motion, and the plaintiffs appealed to the Appeals Court. We transferred the case here on our own motion.

We summarize the facts as set forth in the plaintiffs’ complaint. Edward P. Foley was hired…