Case Name: Lyn-Ann Coombes, administratrix, vs. Roland J. Florio
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 2007-12-10
Citations: 450 Mass. 182
Docket Number: 
Parties: Lyn-Ann Coombes, administratrix, vs. Roland J. Florio.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 450
Pages: 182–214

Head Matter:
Lyn-Ann Coombes, administratrix, vs. Roland J. Florio.
Norfolk.
May 8, 2007.
December 10, 2007.
Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, & Cordy, JJ.
William P. Rose (.Peter L. Eleey with him) for the plaintiff.
Edward F Mahoney for the defendant.
Carl Valvo & John R. Hitt, for Professional Liability Foundatian, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.
Marsha V. Kazarosian, J. Michael Conley, & Joseph C. Borsellino, for Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.
Of the estate of Kevin Coombes.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The judgment of the Superior Court granting the defendant's motion for summary judgment is reversed. The case is remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings.
So ordered.
Separate opinions of Justice Ireland, with whom Justice Spina and Justice Cowin join; Justice Greaney; Chief Justice Marshall; and Justice Cordy.