Legal Opinion
Kerins v. Lima
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 3, 1997PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
General Laws c. 231, § 85G, reads as follows:
“Parents of an unemancipated child under the age of eighteen and over the age of seven years shall be liable in a civil action for any willful act committed by said child which results in injury or death to another person or damage to the property of another, which shall include any damages resulting from a larceny or attempted larceny of property as set forth in [G. L. c. 266, *109§ 30A], damage to cemetery property or damage to any state, county or municipal property or damage as set forth in [G. L. c. 266, §§ 126A and 126B]. This section shall not…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. BurkeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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3Cited by33 opinions
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