Pine v. Rust

How courts have described this case

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• “Punitive damages are not favored in Massachusetts, and we have long followed the principle that, absent statutory authorization, punitive damages may not be awarded.”
• “To be actionable under [the civil remedy section] ... an interception need not rise to the level of criminal conduct covered by the penal provisions of the law”
• violation of wiretap statute did not survive plaintiff s death because privacy interests protected by the statute lack clear definition and are ephemeral
• privacy interest violated by wiretap is ephemeral personal right and does not survive death in absence of statute
• cause of ____ action under G.L. ch. 272, 99 for illegal interception of 8 2. 5 U.S.C. 552a(b
• “If an offer of the statutory minimum amount of damages were all that could be expected by plaintiffs, there would be no need for provision in the law for the award of attorney’s fees”

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