Legal Opinion
Zompanti v. Ferguson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 4, 1957PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
These are the plaintiff’s exceptions taken to the entering of a verdict for the defendant under leave reserved in an action of tort to recover for personal injuries. The plaintiff was struck by a plank carried by a fellow employee when the plank was knocked out of his grasp by coming in contact with an automobile driven by the defendant.
There was evidence that the defendant in the late afternoon of November 6, 1950, was travelling easterly along Great Plain Avenue, a public way in the town of Needham, in his automobile. As he approached the intersection of the avenue with Manning Street he…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Falk v. FinkelmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Baker v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Douglas v. WhittakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Buda v. FoleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Woods v. DeMontMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Fithian v. ZofchakCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
- Picard v. CliffordMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1991
- Cannon v. Yankee Products Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1977
- Coe v. EricksonMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1966
- Fithian v. ZofchakCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
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