Legal Opinion

Geary v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 6, 1957PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhittemore, J.

This is an action of tort, tried to a jury, to recover for the loss of sight in the right eye of the minor plaintiff and for the father’s consequent loss and expense. The judge in the Superior Court directed a verdict for the defendant on all the counts of the declaration. There was no error.

Taken most favorably for the plaintiffs the evidence shows facts as follows: At some time in the morning of April 24, 1950, the defendant’s employee made his daily delivery of a case of milk to the Bradstreet Primary Grade School building in Gloucester by depositing it in the front vestibule with five or…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Caissie v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  2. Glassey v. Worcester Consolidated Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1904
  3. Gaw v. Hew Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  4. Goldberger v. David Roberts Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1953
  5. Ryder v. RobinsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Metropolitan Coal Company, Inc. v. Franklin Johnson, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company v. Franklin JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
  2. Patricia Venezia, Individually, and as She is Next Friend of Louis Venezia, a Minor v. Miller Brewing CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1980
  3. Killeen v. Harmon Grain Products, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
  4. Blake v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1978
  5. Lugo v. LJN Toys, Ltd.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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