{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, § 4","heading":"Liability for nonattendance","body":"Section 4. If a person who has been duly summoned and required to attend as a witness under the preceding sections or section thirty-seven of chapter two hundred and eighteen fails, without a sufficient excuse, to attend, he shall be liable to the aggrieved party in tort for all damages caused by such failure.","path":["Part III","Title II","Chapter 233"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleII/Chapter233/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:54Z","sha256":"25827f6db505164117551726de830c6a1b86cb6275d571e60cae145d5c86073c","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-3a","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-233-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}