BROWN v. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PROBATION

SJC-11987.

475 Mass. 675 (2016)

HELEN BROWN vs. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF PROBATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 11, 2016.


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 Office of the Commissioner of Probation.

Jamie Goodwin , for Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


In this case, we consider whether sovereign immunity bars a plaintiff who is awarded punitive damages, costs, and attorney's fees as part of a judgment under G. L. c. 151B, § 9, from recovering postjudgment interest on those awards from a public employer. The trial judge denied a request by the plaintiff, Helen Brown, for such interest...

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