Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 228 § 1 : COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES — ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN — SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS AND DEATH AND DISABILITIES OF PARTIES — Enumeration of actions which survive TEXT PDF In addition to the actions which survive by the common law, the following shall survive: (1) Actions under chapter two hundred and forty-seven; (2) Actions of tort (a) for assault, battery, imprisonment or other damage to the person; (b) for consequential damages arising out of injury to the person and consisting of expenses incurred by a husband, wife, parent or guardian for medical, nursing, hospital or surgical services in connection with or on account of such injury; (c) for goods taken or carried away or converted; or (d) for damage to real or personal property; and (3) Actions against sheriffs for the misconduct or negligence of themselves or their deputies. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 228, § 1