General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 229 Actions for Death and Injuries Resulting in Death

• Massachusetts General Laws - Damages for death from defective ways; persons entitled - Chapter 229, Section 1
  If the life of a person is lost by reason of a defect or a want of repair of or a want of a sufficient...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Wrongful death; damages - Chapter 229, Section 2
  A person who (1) by his negligence causes the death of a person, or (2) by willful, wanton or reckless act causes the death of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1958, 238, Sec. 2 - Chapter 229, Section 2A
  Repealed, 1958, 238, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Damages for death of employee by negligence of employer, etc. - Chapter 229, Section 2B
  Except as otherwise provided in chapter one hundred and fifty-two, if, as the result of the negligence of an employer himself, or of a person...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1958, 238, Sec. 3 - Chapter 229, Section 2C
  Repealed, 1958, 238, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1946, 614, Sec. 1 - Chapter 229, Section 3 to 5
  Repealed, 1946, 614, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Death of tortfeasor; effect - Chapter 229, Section 5A
  The causing of a death under such circumstances as would create liability under section one, two or two B on the part of a person,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Conscious suffering; recovery of damages - Chapter 229, Section 6
  In any civil action brought under section two or five A, damages may be recovered for conscious suffering resulting from the same injury, but any...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Insufficiency of estate to pay certain expenses, etc.; preferences - Chapter 229, Section 6A
  All sums recovered under section one, two, two B or five A shall, if and to the extent that the assets of the estate of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - New assets - Chapter 229, Section 6B
  In the event that any sum recovered under section six comes into the hands of the executor or administrator of the deceased after the expiration...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Amount recoverable - Chapter 229, Section 6C
  Except as otherwise provided in chapter one hundred and fifty-two, if a cause of action exists against an employer under section one of chapter one...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Amendments of actions brought under wrong law - Chapter 229, Section 6D
  If an action is brought under section two B, or if the action is brought by the legal representatives under the preceding section or under...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Death or death and conscious suffering of employee; assessment of damages; amount - Chapter 229, Section 6E
  If under section two B or section six C damages are awarded for death or for injury and death, they shall be assessed with reference...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Notice of injury; laws applicable - Chapter 229, Section 6F
  An action under section two B or section six C shall be subject to all the provisions of section six of chapter one hundred and...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1946, 614, Sec. 6 - Chapter 229, Section 7 to 10
  Repealed, 1946, 614, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Interest - Chapter 229, Section 11
  In any civil action in which a verdict is given or a finding made for pecuniary damages for the death, with or without conscious suffering,...

Last modified: September 11, 2015