Legal Opinion
Patrazza v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 12, 1986PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The plaintiff, Grant E. Patrazza, as administrator of the estate of his wife, Patricia Patrazza, brought this action for wrongful death against the Commonwealth. After discovery, the Commonwealth moved for summary judgment, which was denied. At trial in the Superior Court, the Commonwealth moved for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence. The motion was denied. At the close of the Commonwealth’s case, it renewed its motion for directed verdict and the trial judge reserved action. In response to special inter rogatories, Mass. R. Civ. P. 49, 365 Mass. 812 (1974), the jury…
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