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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 229, § 11 (2026)

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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, of any person, whether or not such person was in the employment of the defendant against whom the verdict is rendered or finding made, there shall be added by the clerk of the court to the amount of the damages interest thereon at the same rate of interest per annum as provided in section six B of chapter two hundred and thirty-one, from the date of the commencement of the action, even though such interest brings the amount of the verdict or finding beyond the maximum liability imposed by law.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 14 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1930–2025 · leading case: Correa v. Schoeck, 98 N.E.3d 191 (Mass. 2018).

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Correa v. Schoeck, 98 N.E.3d 191 (Mass. 2018). · cites it 4× “" This court previously has instructed that G. L. c. 229, § 11, must guide decisions with respect to prejudgment interest for wrongful death suits.”

Sharpe v. Springfield Bus Terminal Corp., 406 Mass. 62 (Mass. 1989). · cites it 6× “223, § 1, 3 G. L. c. 229, § 11 (1986 ed.), provided that “[i]n any civil action in which a verdict is given or a finding made for pecuniary damages for the death, with or without conscious suffering, of any person .”

Mayer v. Med. Malpractice Jt. Underwriting Ass'n, 663 N.E.2d 274 (Mass. App. Ct. 1996). · cites it 2× “Pursuant to G. L. c. 229, § 11, $1,091,000 in prejudgment interest was added to the judgment.”

Turcotte v. DeWitt, 131 N.E.2d 195 (Mass. 1955). · cites it 2× “After rescript but before judgment was entered the plaintiff in each case filed the following motion: “Now comes the plaintiff in the above entitled action in which the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and moves that interest be added thereto by the clerk of court from…”

Fid. & Cas. Co. of New York v. Huse & Carleton, Inc., 72 A.L.R. 1143 (Mass. 1930). · cites it 2× “When this provision of statute was incorporated in G. L. c. 229, § 11, it was in these words: ".”

R. H. White Realty Co. v. Boston Redevelopment Auth., 358 N.E.2d 440 (Mass. 1976). · cites it 2× “G. L. c. 229, § 11, as *455 amended through St.”

Gurley v. Commonwealth, 296 N.E.2d 477 (Mass. 1973). “231, §§ 6B, 6C; G. L. c. 229, § 11. They ask us to “infer that the legislature had in mind the above statutory provisions authoriz *600 ing the addition of interest to awards when it enacted C.”

D'AMICO v. Cariglia, 112 N.E.2d 807 (Mass. 1953). “” The phrasing of this statute as appearing in G. L. c. 229, § 11, substituted for the words above quoted the following: “there shall be added to the amount of the damages interest thereon from the date of the writ.”

Freeman v. Massachusetts Bay Tpk. Auth., 12 Mass. L. Rptr. 621 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2000). “231, §6B, but by G.L.c. 229, §11. The observation is correct, but does not address the reasoning underlying the Courts’ construction of c.”

Landry v. Gomes, 173 N.E. 428 (Mass. 1930). “448 , decided since this case was reported by the single justice, that under G. L. c. 229, § 11. it was the duty of the jury to add interest as a part of their verdict, and that the addition of interest by the clerk according to preexisting statutes, see Nugent v.”

STEPHEN G. MCDONOUGH, Pers. Rep. v. SAYUJ PAUDEL & Others. (Mass. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 2× “The judge added twelve percent prejudgment interest, see G. L. c. 229, § 11; G. L. c. 231, § 6B, in the amount of $3,227,161, and entered judgment in the combined amount of $6,627,161.”

Ware v. Commonwealth, 555 N.E.2d 895 (Mass. App. Ct. 1990). “231, §§ 6B, 6C, and G. L. c. 229, § 11. General Laws c. 261, § 14, adverted to later in this opinion, authorizes assessment of costs against the Commonwealth when it initiates a civil action in which it does not prevail.”

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