Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 27, 1924PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCarroll, J.
This action is to recover damages for the death and conscious suffering of the plaintiff’s intestate, who was run over by a car of the defendant in the coal yard of the Darrow-Mann Company. The action is brought by the Aetna Life Insurance Company, Agnes C. Murphy having been paid compensation under the workmen’s compensation act as a dependent of the intestate.
The deceased was employed by the Leahy-Rattigan Construction Company, as a carpenter. This company was building a transformer station and office building in the yard of the Darrow-Mann Company, and was doing the planking and cap…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Boyle v. Columbian Fire Proofing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- Severy v. NickersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Crimmins v. BoothMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- O'Neil v. National Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Boutlier v. City of MaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- O'Brien v. Harvard Restaurant & Liquor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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