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.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title II - Actions and Proceedings Therein
Chapter 229 - Actions for Death and Injuries Resulting in Death
Section 1 - Damages for Death From Defective Ways; Persons Entitled
Section 2 - Wrongful Death; Damages
Section 2b - Damages for Death of Employee by Negligence of Employer, Etc.
Section 5a - Death of Tortfeasor; Effect
Section 6 - Conscious Suffering; Recovery of Damages
Section 6a - Insufficiency of Estate to Pay Certain Expenses, etc.; Preferences
Section 6c - Amount Recoverable
Section 6d - Amendments of Actions Brought Under Wrong Law
Section 6e - Death or Death and Conscious Suffering of Employee; Assessment of Damages; Amount