HERNANDEZ v. BOSTON


394 Mass. 45 (1985)

474 N.E.2d 166

IVAN HERNANDEZ vs. CITY OF BOSTON & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall F. Newman for the plaintiff.

Mary Ellen Walsh-Rogalski, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the defendants.

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


ABRAMS, J.

At issue is the appropriate statute of limitations to be applied to claims by minors against a public employer: G.L.c. 258, § 4, the general statute applicable to actions against public employers, or G.L.c. 260, § 7, the general statute applicable to actions by minors. The plaintiff, a minor at the time of injury, commenced an action in the Superior Court against the defendants, the city of Boston (city) and William F. Hussey, a Boston police...

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