Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court May 15, 1978 (Dwyer v. Commissioner of Insurance)

Kaplan, J.

Forty-three examiners, employed in the Fraudulent Claims Board (FCB) of the Division of Insurance, were dismissed by the Commissioner of Insurance after hearings. They brought suit in the Superior Court against the Commissioner and others for an order of reinstatement with award of back pay. The suit can be read variously as a civil action in the nature of mandamus (G. L. c.