Hallett v. Town of Wrentham

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the wrongful death statute continued to be the source of procedures and remedies for wrongful death actions
• holding that the wrongful death statute continued to be the source of procedures and remedies for wrongful death actions
• holding that “[protecting public funds from unlimited liability is a legitimate legislative purpose”
• denying common law claim for wife and minor children’s loss of consortium and parental society because G.L.c. 229 provides exclusive remedy
• wrongful death act is “exclusive action for the recovery of the damages it encompasses by the designated beneficiaries”
• “Neither do[es] . . . Ferriter create an independent right of recovery for lost consortium when the victim suffers death rather than injury”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).