Legal Opinion
Hathaway v. Checker Taxi Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 6, 1947PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
These are two actions of tort. In one the female plaintiff seeks compensation for personal injuries sustained by her. In the other recovery for consequential damages is sought by her husband. Verdicts were returned for the defendant. The cases are here on exceptions taken by the plaintiffs to certain portions of the charge and to the denial of motions for a new trial.
The evidence material to the issues .raised is as follows: In the afternoon of April 21, 1942, one of the defendant’s taxicabs, in which the plaintiffs were riding as passengers, collided with an automobile on the overpass at the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Lonergan v. American Railway Express Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Whitney v. Wellesley & Boston Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Plummer v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Holton v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Callahan v. Fleischman Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Raunela v. Hertz Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BumpusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. BinkiewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Kane v. Fields Corner Grille, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Commonwealth v. SheaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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