JEFFREY CAMPBELL v. MANSOUR ABDULLA & Others. (2025)

Citation: JEFFREY CAMPBELL v. MANSOUR ABDULLA & Others. (2025)
Parent Document: JEFFREY CAMPBELL v. MANSOUR ABDULLA & Others. (2025)
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date: 2025-08-21
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10658045/jeffrey-campbell-v-mansour-abd... ↗

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We review questions of statutory interpretation de novo, see Conservation Comm'n of Norton v. Pesa, 488 Mass. 325, 331 (2021), beginning with the plain language of the statute, see Commonwealth v. Escobar, 490 Mass. 488, 493 (2022).  We "presume, as we must, that the Legislature intended what the words of the statute say."  Sheehan v. Weaver, 467 Mass. 734, 737 (2014), quoting Commonwealth v. Young, 453 Mass. 707, 713 (2009).  "Where the language is clear and unambiguous, it is to be given its 'ordinary meaning.'"  Casseus v. Eastern Bus Co., 478 Mass. 786, 795 (2018), quoting Commonwealth v. Mogelinski, 466 Mass. 627, 633 (2013).  "[A] remedial statute . . . should be given a broad interpretation . . . in light of its purpose and to 'promote the accomplishment of its beneficent design.'"  Meikle v. Nurse, 474 Mass. 207, 210 (2016), quoting Seller's Case, 452 Mass. 804, 810 (2008).

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