Legal Opinion

Lewis v. Greene Taxi Service, Inc.

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided July 1, 1966No. 5945; No. 13584Published

1Opinion of the Court

Brooks, PJ.

This is a suit in tort for injury to plaintiff’s hand caused by its being caught in the door of defendant’s taxi cab from which plaintiff was alighting. Defendant’s answer was general denial and contributory negligence.

The evidence material to the issues of defendants negligence and plaintiff’s contributory negligence mas substantially as folloms:

Plaintiff and her sister had been passengers in defendant’s cab. On arriving at plaintiff’s house the cab driver slid from the driver’s seat to the center of the front seat, reached over the back of the seat and collected both fares from…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Nye v. Louis K. Liggett Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  2. Mahoney v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Fournier v. Central Taxi Cab, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  4. Intriligator v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
  5. Tefft v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934

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