Monahan v. Town of Methuen

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 85X (1988) allows for recovery for loss of consortium
• recognizing that Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 85X (1988) allows for recovery for loss of consortium
• holding that the “contract claims must fail” since “[t]here is no allegation of any privity of contract . . . And there is no indication or argument presented which would allow the [plaintiffs] to recover under a third party beneficiary theory.”
• explaining that “General Laws c. 231, § 85X . . . was enacted in response to this court’s decision in Norman”
• granting summary judgment on parents’ loss of consortium claims where undisputed facts indicated child was not financially dependent on them
• §2 states that a public employee shall not be immune from any claim arising out of an intentional tort

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