Legal Opinion
O'Connor v. Griff
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 30, 1940PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHonan, J.
The defendant excepted to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict in an action brought to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate on February 4, 1936, from acute gangrenous appendicitis, which the plaintiff contended, and the defendant denied, was due to injuries received by the intestate on January 3, 1936, when he was struck by the defendant’s automobile. The single question now presented is whether the evidence was sufficient to warrant a finding that death was caused by the accident.
The intestate, a high school student sixteen years of age and apparently in robust…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- DeFilippo's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
- Kramer v. New York Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Blanchard's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- McAuliffe v. MetcalfeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Sevigny's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Josi's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Duggan's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Thomas v. SpinneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
- Adams's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
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