DOE v. NEW BEDFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY


417 Mass. 273 (1994)

630 N.E.2d 248

JANE DOE & another vs. NEW BEDFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

March 14, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher R. Whittingham (Timothy R. McGuire with him) for the plaintiffs.

Mary Alice McLaughlin for the defendants.

Charles Harak & Annette R. Duke, for Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Martin J. Rooney & Fradique A. Rocha, for Boston Housing Authority, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

The plaintiffs appeal from an order of a judge in the Superior Court granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment. On appeal, the plaintiffs argue that the judge below improperly granted summary judgment on their four causes of action: (1) a statutory cause arising from G.L.c. 121B, §§ 32C and 32D (1992 ed.); (2) breach of the warranty of habitability: (3) breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment...

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