| Docket # | SJC-11118 |
| Date | October 4, 2012 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, Duffly, Lenk, JJ.
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| Summary | Massachusetts Tort Claims Act. Governmental immunity. Municipal corporations, Governmental immunity, Sewers, Nuisance. Waiver. Nuisance. Practice, Civil, Interlocutory appeal, Execution, Presentment of claim under Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, Retroactivity of judicial holding. Trespass. Negligence, Municipality, Governmental immunity. |
| Appealed From | Worcester Superior Court, Justice Dennis J. Curran |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant (Appearing) | City of Worcester: Wendy L. Quinn |
Counsel for Appellee (Appearing) | Shapiro: John R. Maciolek |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |