Legal Opinion
Mirageas v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 14, 1984PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
On March 24, 1976, a disabled trolley car being pushed by another Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) streetcar, struck down and ran over the plaintiff on Huntington Avenue in Boston. The plaintiff was, at the time, thirteen years old. As a result of this accident his left foot was amputated above the ankle. Later, he brought this action in the Superior Court in Suffolk County through his mother and next friend, Patricia Mirageas. The case was tried to a jury. On September 21, 1982, the jury returned a special verdict. The jury found that the MBTA had been 80% at fault in…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Gurley v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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