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· 1/5/1984

Bronstein v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Citations

  • 459 N.E.2d 772
  • 390 Mass. 701
  • 1984 Mass. LEXIS 1264

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “[t]he text [of a statute] must be afforded its plain meaning when it is clear and unambiguous”
  • “[w]e have no right to conjecture what the Legislature would have enacted if they had foreseen the occurrence of a case like this . . .”
  • court cannot insert words into statute that is clear and unambiguous
  • “statutory language, when clear and unambiguous, must be given its ordinary meaning”

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch

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