MOHR v. COMMONWEALTH


421 Mass. 147 (1995)

THEODORE MOHR & others vs. COMMONWEALTH & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 14, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Owen Gallagher, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Stephen P. Sheehan, of Rhode Island, for the plaintiffs.

John T. Landry, III, Special Assistant Attorney General, for Pamela Tompkins.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

The Commonwealth appeals from a judgment awarding the plaintiffs $200,000 based on jury findings that the Commonwealth negligently misrepresented the medical and family history of a child (Elizabeth) adopted by the plaintiffs, and that the Commonwealth was liable for the plaintiffs' uninformed consent to adopt Elizabeth. The plaintiffs cross appeal from a judgment entered in favor of the codefendant, Pamela Tompkins (a social worker in the adoption placement...

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