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HORNIBROOK v. RICHARD

SJC-13030.

488 Mass. 74 (2021)

KEVIN HORNIBROOK, personal representative, v. CHERILYN RICHARD & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 2, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristyn M. Kelley for Cherilyn Richard.

Ethan C. Stiles for the plaintiff.

Adam Hornstine, Assistant Attorney General, for Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Patricia Keane Martin, for Massachusetts Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

This case concerns whether a conservator appointed by the Probate and Family Court (probate court) and acting pursuant to judicial approval is a quasi judicial officer, entitled to absolute immunity.3 We conclude that a conservator acting pursuant to judicial approval...

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