MURPHY v. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT APPEAL BOARD

SJC-11045.

463 Mass. 333 (2012)

ERNEST B. MURPHY v. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT APPEAL BOARD & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. O'Connell, Jr. ( Philip F. Coppinger with him) for the plaintiff.

David R. Marks , Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


SPINA, J.

Ernest B. Murphy was employed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Superior Court judge for approximately eight years. Following the publication of libelous articles in the Boston Herald newspaper about Judge Murphy's performance of his judicial duties, and his subsequent receipt of hate mail and death threats, Judge Murphy was diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), major depressive disorder...

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