BOSWORTH v. COMMONWEALTH


397 Mass. 712 (1986)

493 N.E.2d 496

JAIME P. BOSWORTH & others vs. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

June 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia A. Canavan, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Timothy P. Wickstrom (Edward D. Simsarian with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The plaintiffs, by their guardians and next friends, filed claims in the Worcester Division of the District Court seeking compensation, pursuant to G.L.c. 258A, § 1 (1984 ed.),2 as dependents of their mother, a deceased victim of violent crime. After hearing, the judge awarded the plaintiffs $9,900, the maximum recovery permitted under G.L.c. 258A, to be apportioned equally among...

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