Legal Opinion
Poskus v. Lombardo's of Randolph, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 30, 1996PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
A nightclub in Randolph, Lombardo’s of Randolph, Inc. (Lombardo’s), which provided valet parking for its customers, negligently permitted a customer’s motor vehi*638cle to be stolen by the defendant, Albert A. Gorman.2 About one and one-half hours after the theft was discovered, the plaintiff, a Brockton police officer on patrol, saw the stolen vehicle operated by Gorman and attempted to stop it. Gorman fled first in the vehicle and then on foot. The plaintiff fell and was injured as he apprehended Gorman. The plaintiff asserts that Lombardo’s is liable on the ground that its negligence in…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Mullins v. Pine Manor CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Cimino v. Milford Keg, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Dziokonski v. BabineauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Flood v. Southland Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Carey v. New Yorker of Worcester, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Kent v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Pendleton v. City of HaverhillCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
- Leavitt v. Brockton Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Kavanagh v. Trustees of Boston UniversityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
- Delaney v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
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