Legal Opinion
Santa Maria v. Trotto
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 28, 1937PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The defendant in the first case owned and operated a sand and gravel pit where sand and gravel were brought by conveyors to a loading platform elevated five or six feet above the ground and thence loaded upon automobile trucks backed into stalls underneath the platform. At the time of the occurrence of the events here involved the platform was being enlarged. A concrete wall was being built and there was a concrete mixer in operation on the platform.
An automobile truck owned by the defendant in the first case and operated by his son and employee, the defendant in the second case, had been…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Baggs v. HirschfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Balian v. OgassinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Minsk v. PitaroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Kagan v. LevensonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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