Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 17, 1992No. 90-P-830PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
After the final game of the 1986 World Series in which the New York Mets beat the Boston Red Sox, the plaintiff, a black student at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, claims, he was beaten by a group of white students because of his race. He brought an action in the Superior Court against the Commonwealth under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act for its negligence in failing to provide adequate security to protect him (Count I) and against the Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs, and the Director of Public Safety of the University of Massachusetts in their official…
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