Hackett v. Costa

This action arises out of injuries sustained by the plaintiff, James A. Hackett, III (“Hackett”), while he was riding his motorcycle through the intersection of Shawsheen Street and Reagan Road in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. Hackett alleges that foliage, trees, and shrubbery located on land adjoining the roadways obscured the view of oncoming traffic and thereby caused an accident between his motorcycle and a vehicle driven by William Costa. He brings this action against landowners Clarence and Dawn Cobb and Francis and Jeanette Perry (collectively referred to as the “defendants”).3 The…