Legal Opinion
Berger v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 16, 1969PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
The plaintiff in this action of tort seeks recovery for injuries allegedly sustained by her as a result of the jerking in starting and stopping of a street car in which she was a passenger. Her testimony was that she boarded the street car and with a one dollar bill in one hand rested the other on a coin box. The car, which was being operated in a reservation on Beacon Street, Brookline, started off with a jerk and “she was jerked all around the place; she grabbed onto an upright post with her right hand and bumped her head against the post; . . . before she knew it the car came to a stop…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Work v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Carson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Seidenberg v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Cuddyer v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Nolan v. Newton Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Jermyn v. Worcester Bus Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1976
- Anderson v. Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2000
- Luca v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1975
- Massachusetts Turnpike Authority v. RobertsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Penfield v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1992
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