Jacome v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 15 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “an act or failure to act to prevent or diminish the harmful consequences of a condition or situation ... which is not originally caused by the public employer or any other person acting on behalf of the public employer.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ward v. City of Boston · 20 Mass. L. Rptr. 131 - Doe ex rel. Doe v. Nashoba Regional School District

2. ““Had the public employees acted differently, e.g., had the beach been closed, had conspicuous warning signs been posted, had lifeguards remained on duty until 6:00 p.m., it is possible that the tragedy might have been averted. But the very statement of these possibilities demonstrates why this claim is barred by § 10(j). They are all examples of ways in which the public employees might have prevented the harm to Wilson, and consequently they fall within the immunity from suit in such circumstances that the Legislature has preserved” (emphasis in original).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Moore v. Town of Billerica

3. “specific condition or situation that resulted in the harm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1107 - Vandenberg v. Town of Williamstown