GEORGIOU v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

No. 05-P-348.

67 Mass. App. Ct. 428 (2006)

PETER GEORGIOU v. COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Porter, Assistant Attorney General, for Commissioner of the Department of Industrial Accidents.

John J. Sheehan for Peter Georgiou.

Noah Rosmarin for James N. Ellis, Sr.

Present: LENK, CYPHER, & BERRY, JJ.


LENK, J.

These consolidated actions for declaratory and injunctive relief raise identical questions under the Massachusetts public records statute, G. L. c. 66, § 10. In each case, the plaintiff requested disclosure of a limited subset of information that the Department of Industrial Accidents (department) collects from employers and maintains in its so-called "first reports of injury" (first reports). The department...

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