SLAVEN v. SALEM


386 Mass. 885 (1982)

438 N.E.2d 348

MARY GAIL SLAVEN, administratrix, vs. CITY OF SALEM.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

July 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Rossman (Norine Philipp with him) for the plaintiff.

William F. Quinn, Assistant City Solicitor, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The plaintiff, as administratrix of her brother's estate, commenced an action against the defendant (city) pursuant to G.L.c. 258, the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. The plaintiff appeals and challenges the correctness of an order by a Superior Court judge granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment. Mass. R. Civ. P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974). We transferred the appeal here on our own motion and we now...

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