TWOMEY v. COMMONWEALTH


444 Mass. 58 (2005)

JOSEPH E. TWOMEY & another, coadministrators, vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Connolly, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Charles E. Vander Linden for the plaintiffs.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

We transferred this case here on our own motion to consider whether the Commonwealth's duty to maintain a stop sign erected, pursuant to G. L. c. 85, § 2, by the Massachusetts Highway Department (department) on property owned by the town of Westford (town), includes the duty to ensure that the sign is visible and not obstructed by surrounding foliage and, if such a duty exists, whether provisions of G. L. c. 258, § 10 (f), shield the Commonwealth...

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