Legal Opinion
Glick v. Prince Italian Foods of Saugus, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided October 20, 1987No. Nos. 86-539 & 86-593PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*902The courts of Massachusetts have not previously addressed this specific fact pattern. However, a court in Florida stated: “[It is an] obvious fact that at times operators lose control over the forward progress and direction of their vehicles .... In a sense all such occurrences are foreseeable. They are not, however, incidents to ordinary operation of vehicles, and do not happen in the ordinary and normal course of events. ... [T]he consequences resulting therefrom are matters of chance and speculation. If . . . such occurrences are held to be foreseeable and therefore to be guarded against,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mullins v. Pine Manor CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.California Supreme Court · 1983
- Schatz v. 7-Eleven, Inc.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1961
- Ray v. Cock Robin, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1974
- Carey v. New Yorker of Worcester, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Lisa Jorgensen v. Massachusetts Port Authority, Appeal of Donald Hertzfeldt and Peter LangleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Albert v. HsuSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Roderick v. Brandy Hill Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- Foley v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Bergendahl v. Massachusetts Electric Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
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