Case Name: Commonwealth vs. John Melanson
Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1977-11-25
Citations: 5 Mass. App. Ct. 893
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commonwealth vs. John Melanson.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 893–893

Head Matter:
Commonwealth vs. John Melanson.
November 25, 1977.
Gary A. Nickerson, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.
Samuel H. Cohen for the defendant, submitted a brief.

Opinion:
The defendant, citing one case of no particular relevance to his appeal, challenges the constitutionality of G. L. c. 152, § 25C, under which he, as treasurer of a corporation which failed to provide for payment of workmen's compensation to its employees, was prosecuted and fined. See Employers Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. v. Merrimac Mills Co., 325 Mass. 676, 679 (1950). That section is not vague or ambiguous in any respect identified by the defendant (compare G. L. c. 149, § 148, fourth and sixth pars.; G. L. c. 151A, 147); nor is the complaint, which tracks the statutory language. The appeal is utterly without merit, and, if this were a civil case, we should not hesitate to assess double costs and counsel fees.
Judgment affirmed.