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Appeals court examines municipal immunity after school shooting in Dorsey v. City of Boston
Summary
The Appeals Court on April 10 heard arguments in Dorsey v. City of Boston over whether statutory governmental immunities shield the city from a suit by a student shot outside Jeremiah E. Burke High School, focusing on allegations the school’s metal detectors were inoperative or unmanned at a critical time.
The Massachusetts Appeals Court on April 10 heard argument in Dorsey v. City of Boston over whether the city is immune from suit under the statutory exceptions in G.L. c. 258, §§10(b) and 10(j) after a student, Marquis (spelled in filings), was shot near the Jeremiah E. Burke High School.
Matthew Fogelman, representing the Dorsey family, argued the city took affirmative steps (installing metal detectors but then disabling or failing to staff them at a specific time) that materially contributed to the harm…
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