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Potter v. Gilmore

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 15, 1933PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtField, J.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of a collision between a motor cycle which he was operating on the highway and an automobile operated by the defendant. The declaration is in three counts. The first is for negligent operation of the defendant’s automobile, the second for grossly negligent operation, and the third for wilful, wanton and reckless conduct in such operation. Verdicts for the defendant were directed on the first and second counts, but there was a verdict for the plaintiff on the third count. The case…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Altman v. AronsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  2. Bourne v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
  3. Newcomb v. Boston Protective DepartmentMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
  4. Dudley v. Northampton Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  5. Aiken v. Holyoke Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WelanskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  2. Rummel v. PetersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  3. Baggs v. HirschfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
  4. Santa Maria v. TrottoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. O'Roak v. Lloyds Casualty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934

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