RIBEIRO v. GRANBY


395 Mass. 608 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 466

JAMES A. RIBEIRO & another, administrators, vs. TOWN OF GRANBY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampshire.

August 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius J. Moriarty, II, for the plaintiffs.

Raymond R. Randall, Town Counsel, for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

This is an action under G.L.c. 258, § 1 (1984 ed.), the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, in which the plaintiffs, coadministrators of the estate of James A. Ribeiro, Jr., seek damages from the town of Granby (the town) for the death of their son in an apartment fire in January of 1983. The plaintiffs allege negligence on the part of a building inspector of the town, as well as members of the towns's board of health, for their failure to require...

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