A.L. v. COMMONWEALTH


402 Mass. 234 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 1017

A.L. vs. COMMONWEALTH (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis G. Chase, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Jeffrey W. Kobrick (Frank S. Ganak with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

At trial in the Superior Court, a jury found the Commonwealth liable under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, G.L.c. 258, § 2 (1986 ed.), for the negligent failure of Lawrence Tierney, a probation officer, to verify the place of employment of Edward Darragh, a probationer in Tierney's charge. Darragh, a thrice-convicted child molester, was employed as a teacher in the Boston public schools in violation of the special conditions of his probation; during...

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