Legal Opinion

O'Brien v. Bernoi

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 24, 1937PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.

The plaintiff obtained a verdict upon a count for negligence causing the conscious suffering of his intestate, John Zucchi, and also upon a count for negligence causing his death.

There was evidence tending to prove the following facts. The defendant sent his son, a boy of seventeen, to buy some pigs, and wished Zucchi to accompany the son be*273cause Zucchi “knew pigs” and could “pick out pigs for the boy.” Nichols v. Rougeau, 284 Mass. 371, 375. Alderman v. Noble, 296 Mass. 30, 31. The son drove the defendant’s truck, and had two persons with him on the seat. Zucchi, who weighed at least two…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Foley v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  2. Marcienowski v. SandersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
  3. Whalen v. MutrieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  4. Commonwealth v. VoseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1892
  5. Dempsey v. Goldstein Bros. Amusement Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GreenbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
  2. Demoulas v. DemoulasMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  3. Taylor v. GoldsteinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
  4. Commonwealth v. AdonsotoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
  5. Cuddyer v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943

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