Legal Opinion

Collings v. Pioneer Shade & Screen Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 2, 1969Published

1Opinion of the Court

On conflicting evidence which must be viewed in light most favorable to the plaintiffs, Kelly v. American Ry. Exp. Agency, Inc. 315 Mass. 301, the jury could find that the minor plaintiff, a ten year old schoolboy, was struck by the left front of a motor vehicle operated *730by the defendant Gareeb. They could find that the contact took place at a point in the roadway five feet beyond the midpoint of a posted school crossing intersection, and that Gareeb 200 feet away from the intersection had observed children crossing and assembling on the curb preparing to cross the intersection. On this view…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kelly v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
  2. Rich v. FinleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  3. Mercier v. Union Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
  4. Viaux v. John T. Scully Foundation Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924

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