RICKER v. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY


361 Mass. 169 (1972)

279 N.E.2d 671

ROBERT RICKER, administrator and individually, vs. NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 14, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Mone for the plaintiff.

Daniel A. Lynch for the defendant Northeastern University.

John M. Hall & Gene M. Davidson for Cambridge Junior College, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Michael B. Latti & Arthur L. Bowen, for Rose Marie Tracy, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: CUTTER, SPIEGEL, REARDON, & HENNESSEY, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

This question of law, arising in a civil action1 in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, has been certified to us by a senior judge of that court under S.J.C. Rule 3:21 (359 Mass. 790, approved October 29, 1971). He requests that this court determine whether "a charitable corporation organized under ... [G.L.c. 180] is immune from a suit for personal injuries and death brought on April 2, 1970, for an...

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