Rusoff v. O'BRIEN

This is an action of trespass on 'the case for negligence which arose out of a rear-end motor vehicle collision on route 28 in Harwichport, Massachusetts. The case was tried to a superior court justice who, sitting without a jury, entered a decision for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,-475. It is before us on the plaintiff’s bill of exceptions to certain evidentiary rulings and to the decision.

At the commencement of the trial defendant admitted liability and plaintiff stipulated that under Massachusetts law gratuitous services rendered by one physician to another are not compensable damages.…