Legal Opinion
Alfonso v. Lowney
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 12, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
A wolf in the New Bedford Buttonwood Park Zoo, a city facility, pushed enough of his snout through his pen to bite the plaintiff’s finger. This action against the superintendent of parks of New Bedford alleged negligence in permitting the existence of a pen from which a wolf, doing what carnivores will, could bite someone on the viewing side of the enclosure. There was a verdict for the plaintiff. From the judgment on the verdict, the defendant has appealed.
1. The incident occurred in 1975. Accordingly, this case is governed by Vaughan v. Commonwealth, 377 Mass. 914 (1979), which held that…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Narkin v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
- O'SHAUGHNESSY v. BesseMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
- Trum v. Town of PaxtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Fulgoni v. JohnstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by3 opinions
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- Lacy v. City of BostonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981