HANNIGAN v. NEW GAMMA-DELTA CHAPTER OF KAPPA S. FRAT.


367 Mass. 658 (1975)

327 N.E.2d 882

JEAN HANNIGAN & another vs. THE NEW GAMMA-DELTA CHAPTER OF KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INC. & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

May 6, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Driscoll for the plaintiffs.

Timothy F. O'Leary, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth & another.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, HENNESSEY, & WILKINS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, J.

In this action in tort we are asked to abolish the doctrine of sovereign immunity. The plaintiffs alleged in their declaration that on or about October 17, 1971, the minor plaintiff incurred serious injuries in a fall which occurred at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, on premises controlled by the defendants by reason of the defendants' negligence. The defendant Commonwealth of Massachusetts filed...

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