MATTINGLY v. CASEY


24 Mass. App. Ct. 452 (1987)

509 N.E.2d 1220

ELLEN MATTINGLY, administratrix, vs. ROBERT CASEY & others.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth N. Mulvey (Ann Marie Maguire with her) for the plaintiff.

Craig M. Brown for Robert Casey & others.

Francis G. Chase, Assistant Attorney General, for Donald Bowdoin.

Anthony T. Tarricone (Frank C. Corso with him) for Ruth Davis.

Present: BROWN, QUIRICO, & KASS, JJ.


KASS, J.

In what strikes us as a remarkable example of skewed legal thinking and abdication of personal responsibility, the father of a child whom the mother allegedly beat to death brought an action seeking $2,500,000 in damages from the child's school teacher, her school nurse, the school principal, and the director of the Brockton office of the Department of Public Welfare.3 We affirm...

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