Legal Opinion
Casillo v. Worcester Area Transportation Co.
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided June 5, 2001PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRipps, J.
This appeal, pursuant to Dist/Mun. Cts. R A D. A, Rule 8C, concerns the sufficiency of the evidence to support a judgment for the plaintiff and whether the damages awarded were excessive.
After remand, this matter was tried in the Worcester Central District Court The judge could have found the following: On January 7,1994, the plaintiff, Bianca M. Casillo, then 53, was on the defendant’s bus en route to the Visiting Nurse Association office where she was employed as a home care aide. As she was exiting through the rear side doors, they closed on her shoulders, causing her to jump from the bus…
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