Legal Opinion
Gallup v. Lazott
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 27, 1930PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
This is an action of tort to recover for the death of the plaintiff’s intestate, who was riding in an automobile owned and operated by the defendant. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. The case is here upon the defendant’s exceptions to the denial of his written motion for a directed verdict, and to the refusal to rule, as requested by him, that the plaintiff could not recover “unless she shows that the defendant was guilty of gross negligence,” and that there was “no evidence of gross negligence” on his part.
Evidence introduced by the plaintiff tended to show the following facts: The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bergeron v. ForestMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Brooks v. Fitchburg & Leominster Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Lambert v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Burke v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Flynn v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Oliveria v. OliveriaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Leveillee v. WrightMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Montellier v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962
- Laffey v. MullenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Curley v. MahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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