Legal Opinion
Willard v. Bancroft Realty Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 6, 1928PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
This is an action of tort brought by an employee of a subcontractor against a general contractor, for injuries sustained through the alleged negligence of the defendant in putting him at work in a dangerous place, without warning, upon a platform defective by reason of its lack of care. Both the subcontractor and the general contractor were insured under the workmen’s compensation statute, G. L. c. 152. No notice of retention of common law rights had been given by the plaintiff. The defendant contends that in such circumstances there can be no recovery in this action at law. The law is well…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Young v. DuncanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Sundine's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- White v. E. T. Slattery Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Cox's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- White v. George A. Fuller Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Clark v. M. W. Leahy Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Bresnahan v. BarreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- James M. Walker v. United States Gypsum Company, and Third-Party and Coley & Peterson, Incorporated, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Cozzo v. Atlantic Refining Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. WallaceCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
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