Howard v. Town of Burlington

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that ”[i]n construing Massachusetts statutes, we are ordinarily guided by the construction given the parallel Federal statute by the Federal Courts”
• holding that ”[i]n construing Massachusetts statutes, we are ordinarily guided by the construction given the parallel Federal statute by the Federal Courts”
• holding town official’s allegedly defamatory statements were made within the scope of her employment for purposes of state indemnification statute
• concluding town’s committee chairwoman was acting within the scope of employment during a discussion that led to a defamation action against her
• “The general re-spondeat superior test involving intentional torts considers whether the act was within the course of employment, and in furtherance of the employer’s work.”
• “[ijn construing Massachusetts statutes, we are ordinarily guided by the construction given the parallel Federal statute by the Federal Courts”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).