Legal Opinion
Davis v. Hotels Statler Co. Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 12, 1951PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCounihan, J.
This is an action of tort in two counts, one for conscious suffering and one for death of Jacob Davis, the plaintiff’s intestate, as the result of an accident on October 16, 1945. The plaintiff alleged that the decedent suffered a cut in his finger while getting a manicure in the barber shop of the defendant. He died suddenly on December 22, 1945, while attending a Christmas office party. He was treated by a physician for the cut and hospitalized for eleven days before being discharged about December 1,1945. The action was tried to a jury who found for the defendant on both counts. The action…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Commonwealth v. BealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Bendett v. BendettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Commonwealth v. ParrottaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Harold Hobart v. Michael P. O'brien, Harold M. Hobart v. John G. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
- McElwain v. CapotostoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Gishen v. Dura Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Brown v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- M. DeMatteo Construction Co. v. DaggettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
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