NUNES v. DUFFY

No. 21-P-63.

101 Mass. App. Ct. 460 (2022)

JOHN NUNES, v. SARAH DUFFY & another.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts.

July 28, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was submitted on briefs.

John Nunes, pro se.

Francis J. Lynch, III , & Thomas A. Murphy for Sarah Duffy.

Robert M. Mack & Denise M. Tremblay for C.A. Geldmacher, Inc.

Present: Vuono, Rubin, & Walsh, JJ.


This case asks us to consider whether G. L. c. 233, § 23D, which we refer to as the "benevolent gestures statute," excludes statements of fault contemporaneously expressed with an apology at the scene of an accident as evidence of liability in a civil action. After a four-day trial that primarily focused on liability, the jury concluded...

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