Legal Opinion
Hastings v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 16, 1954PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLummus, J.
In these cases the plaintiff Jennie Hastings was given a verdict for $22,000, and the plaintiff William A. Hastings was given a verdict for $2,000. The evidence was substantially as follows. At half past ten o’clock in the morning of July 31, 1945, Jennie Hastings arrived by the defendant railroad at its station in Lynn. A flight of stairs, in the control of the defendant, led from the platform where the tracks were to the street below. While descending the stairs, holding the railing with her right hand, she slipped and fell because of a greasy substance four or five inches in diameter on…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Anjou v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Hudson v. F. W. Woodworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Scaccia v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Conroy v. Fall River Herald News Publishing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Flynn v. Growers Outlet, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Oliveri v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- O'Neil v. W. T. Grant Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Rossley v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Flaherty v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
- Aleman v. First National Stores, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1969
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