1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Mass.
  4. 449 Mass.
  5. 449 Mass. 434 (2007)
 

DAVEIGA v. BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION

449 Mass. 434 (2007)

EMANUEL DAVEIGA v. BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Townsend, General Counsel (Christine M. Hayes with him) for the defendant.

Victor G. DeSousa for the plaintiff.

Peter Sacks, Assistant Attorney General, & Martha Coakley, Attorney General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, & Cordy, JJ.

COWIN, J.

Certain tort claims against the Commonwealth, its municipalities, and some other government bodies are permitted by the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, G. L. c. 258 (the act). The act contains a requirement of presentment,1 that is, it requires that a particular person be given written notice of a claim before initiation of suit. The sole question before us is to whom presentment must...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases