PIOTTI v. COMMONWEALTH


370 Mass. 386 (1976)

348 N.E.2d 425

JEANNETTE C. PIOTTI, executrix, vs. COMMONWEALTH & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

June 7, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. DeGiacomo (Loring A. Cook, III, with him) for the plaintiff.

W. Channing Beucler, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: REARDON, QUIRICO, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The plaintiff, executrix of the estate of John J. Piotti, appeals from a judgment dismissing her complaint as to the defendant Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We granted her request for direct appellate review because this case involves the extent of the Commonwealth's immunity from liability in tort, a matter with which we have been concerned in recent years. See, in order, Morash & Sons v. Commonwealth...

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