Legal Opinion
Brooksbank v. Epstein
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 31, 1977PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHale, C.J.
This is an action in the Superior Court to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by Rita V. Brooksbank (plaintiff) in a fall upon property owned by the defendant. 2 The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff on count 1 of the declaration and awarded her $1,750 damages; they awarded her husband $3,600 consequential damages on count 2. On the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial pursuant to Mass.R.Civ.P. 59(a), 3 365 Mass. 827 (1974), the judge ordered the verdict on count 1 set aside and granted a new trial limited to damages unless within ten days of the entry of the…
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