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ESTATE OF MOULTON v. PUOPOLO

SJC-11357

467 Mass. 478 (2014)

ESTATE OF STEPHANIE MOULTON v. NICHOLAS PUOPOLO & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

March 14, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Frumer for the defendants.

John James Regan (Barry A. Feinstein & Thomas Hodgkins with him) for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Robert J. Murphy , Peter C. Kober, & William P. Mekrut for Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers, Inc., & others.

John J. Barter for Professional Liability Foundation, Ltd.

Carol A. Kelly for Property Casualty Insurers Association of America.

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

LENK, J.

At the time of her death on January 20, 2011, twenty-five year old Stephanie Moulton was employed as a residential treatment counsellor at North Suffolk Mental Health Association, Inc. (North Suffolk), a charitable corporation that provides mental health and rehabilitation services.2 While at work at North Suffolk's Revere treatment facility, Moulton was alone with DeShawn James Chappell, one of the facility's residents, when...

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