SAMMS v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


1991 Mass. App. Div. 117 (1991)

Dorothy Samms, and another vs. Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Northern District.

August 12, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Ladas for the plaintiffs.

Susan M. Motika for the defendant.

Present: Sherman, P.J., Furnari & Flatley, JJ.


Furnari, J.

This is a G.L.c. 258A petition for statutory compensation brought on behalf of the minor, illegitimate children of Kevin Samms, the deceased victim of a violent crime.

Upon uncontroverted evidence, the trial court found that the children received support from and were visited by Kevin Samms, but at all times resided with their mother. The court properly ruled, therefore, that the children were ineligible for statutory compensation under G.L.c....

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