Legal Opinion
McCabe v. Boston Terminal Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 30, 1939PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff, an employee of The Boston Terminal Company, was injured by the overturning of a mechanically driven truck which he was operating in the train shed of the South Station, in Boston, as he was returning to the mail room after loading three sacks of mail upon a train scheduled to run to Framingham and way stations, all within this Commonwealth. The employer was not insured under the workmen’s compensation act. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff upon a count alleging negligence of the defendant in failing to instruct him how to operate the truck properly. The case is here…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- New York Central Railroad Company v. WinfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
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