Massachusetts Statutes

§ 6A — Insufficiency of estate to pay certain expenses, etc.; preferences

Massachusetts § 6A
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title IIACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
Ch. 229ACTIONS FOR DEATH AND INJURIES RESULTING IN DEATH

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 229, § 6A (2026).

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Section 6A. All sums recovered under section one, two, two B or five A shall, if and to the extent that the assets of the estate of the deceased shall be insufficient to satisfy the same, be subject to the charges of administration and funeral expenses of said estate, to all medical and hospital expenses necessitated by the injury which caused the death, to reasonable attorneys' fees and reasonable costs and expenses of suit incurred in such recovery.

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