Legal Opinion
Meeney v. Doyle
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 25, 1931PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWait, J.
The female plaintiff was injured while riding as the guest of the defendant in an automobile driven by him. To recover she must show that he was grossly negligent. It must appear that the accident was due to something more than simple carelessness, something which has in it elements of “indifference to present legal duty,” of “utter forgetfulness of legal obligations so far as other persons may be affected,” of “heedless and palpable violation of legal duty respecting the rights of others,” of “manifestly smaller amount of watchfulness and circumspection than the circumstances require of a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Altman v. AronsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
- Cook v. ColeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Burke v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Blood v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Marcienowski v. SandersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Commonwealth v. NoxonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Douglas v. WhittakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Crowley v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Stowe v. MasonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Curley v. MahanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
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