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KERINS v. LIMA

425 Mass. 108 (1997)

DONA M. KERINS v. JOHN LIMA & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

June 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin M. Orme for the plaintiff.

Andrew S. Berman for the defendants.

Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General, & Loretta M. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, & FRIED, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

General Laws c. 231, § 85G, reads as follows:

"Parents of an unemancipated child under the age of eighteen and over the age of seven years shall be liable in a civil action for any willful act committed by said child which results in injury or death to another person or damage to the property of another, which shall include any damages resulting from a larceny or attempted larceny of property as set forth in [G. L. c. 266,

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