Legal Opinion
DeCourcey v. Weston Racquet Club, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 28, 1983PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.
The defendant (Club) has appealed from a judgment on a verdict awarding the plaintiff $10,500 for back wages and overtime compensation. The Club assigns as error the denial of its motion for a directed verdict on the plaintiffs claim for wages for time the plaintiff spent sleeping at the Club’s facility and the denial of its motion for a new trial because of excessive damages. The plaintiff in a cross appeal has claimed that the award of attorney’s fees was too meager.
*374Construing the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff (see H.P. Hood & Sons v. Ford Motor Co., 370 Mass. 69, 71 [1976]), we…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Heller v. Silverbranch Construction Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- General Electric Co. v. Porter. Porter v. General Electric CoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Dillon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Salem Trust Co. v. DeeryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Dagan v. Jewish Community Housing for the ElderlyMassachusetts Superior Court · 1995