Legal Opinion
Tallon v. Spellman
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 31, 1939PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
This is an action of tort brought on behalf of the plaintiff to recover damages for alleged malpractice of the defendant, who is a surgeon. At the close of the evidence a judge of the Superior Court directed a verdict for the defendant and reported the case to this court on a stipulation of the parties that, if the case should have been submitted to the jury, judgment is to be entered for the plaintiff in the sum of $500; otherwise, judgment is to be entered for the defendant.
Evidence introduced by the plaintiff tended to show the following facts: When about eleven years old the plaintiff, in…
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- Guell v. TenneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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