Court Opinion

ID: 9739915
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:23:33.56707+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:14.731877
License: Public Domain

Wilkins, J.
(concurring). I agree with the court’s opinion and write separately only to disassociate myself from any implication in the opinion that the harm Inflicted on the shellfish necessarily involved “damage to the environment,” as defined in G. L. c. 214, § 7A (1986 ed.). The circumstances that § 7A specifically states constitute damage to the environment involve adverse effects on the air, water, or land. The direct infliction of harm on living things (animal or vegetable) may generally lie outside the range of damage to the environment expressed within § 7A.