DaROSA v. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD; MONSANTO COMPANY

SJC-11759.

471 Mass. 446 (2015)

30 N.E.3d 790

JOHN DaROSA & others v. CITY OF NEW BEDFORD; MONSANTO COMPANY & others, third-party defendants.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

May 15, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shephard S. Johnson, Jr. , for city of New Bedford.

Mary K. Ryan ( Cynthia M. Guizzetti with her) for AVX Corporation.

John J. Gushue , for ABC Disposal Service, Inc., was present but did not argue.

Mark P. Dolan & Stanley F. Pupecki , for Tutor Perini Corporation, submitted a brief.

Michael R. Perry & Aaron D. Rosenberg , for NSTAR Electric Company & another, submitted a brief.

John J. Davis & John M. Wilusz , for Massachusetts Municipal Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Martha Coakley , Attorney General, & Judy Zeprun Kalman , for the Commonwealth, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Brandon H. Moss , for Massachusetts Municipal Lawyers Association, Inc., amicus curiae, joined in a brief.

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


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