HAYES v. ORLEANS

No. 93-P-922.

39 Mass. App. Ct. 682 (1996)

RICHARD T. HAYES & another vs. TOWN OF ORLEANS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

January 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Leo for the plaintiffs.

Samuel Perkins for the defendant.

Present: WARNER, C.J., DREBEN, & IRELAND, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

The issue before us in this negligence action against the town under G.L.c. 258, § 2, is whether, as the motion judge ruled, the plaintiffs' action is barred on principles of res judicata by a prior judgment in the Federal court. We hold that summary judgment properly entered for the defendant.

The complaint in the Federal action, filed by the plaintiffs on December 18, 1986, alleged that...

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