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NICKERSON v. COMMONWEALTH

397 Mass. 476 (1986)

492 N.E.2d 90

ROBERT NICKERSON & another vs. COMMONWEALTH & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

May 6, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royal C. Thurston, III, for the plaintiffs.

Christopher H. Worthington, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

NOLAN, J.

The single (and novel) issue here is whether the Commonwealth can be held liable to an injured person for the failure of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles (registrar) to revoke the automobile registration of a person for nonpayment of motor vehicle liability insurance premiums because such person has caused injuries to another while operating his motor vehicle without such compulsory insurance. The Commonwealth's...

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