BROWN v. OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF PROBATION

No. 14-P-1055.

87 Mass. App. Ct. 729 (2015)

HELEN BROWN v. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PROBATION.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 4, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan J. Margolis , ( Beth R. Myers with him) for the plaintiff.

Sally A. VanderWeele , Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

David A. Russcol , for Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GREEN, FECTEAU, & AGNES, JJ.


This case presents the novel issue of whether a plaintiff who recovers punitive damages as part of a judgment under the provisions of G. L. c. 151B, § 9, against a subdivision of the Commonwealth may be awarded postjudgment interest on that award and on the award of attorney's fees and costs, or whether sovereign immunity bars such...

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