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· 6/3/1993

Gateley's Case

Citations

  • 613 N.E.2d 918
  • 415 Mass. 397
  • 1993 Mass. LEXIS 317

How courts have described this case

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

  • “interpretation of a statute by the agency charged with primary responsibility for administering it is entitled to substantial deference”
  • The employer did not coerce, require or pressure the employee’s involvement in the recreational activity, and thus the participation was purely voluntary
  • “In a statute words are to be accorded their ordinary meaning and approved usage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Lucos, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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