Savickas v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first by a minor by her father as her next friend for injuries received while at a stopping place for street ' cars of the defendant at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Charlotte Street in Boston, and the second by the father of the plaintiff in the first action for consequential damages.
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Two actions of tort, the first by a minor by her father as her next friend for injuries received while at a stopping place for street ' cars of the defendant at the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Charlotte Street in Boston, and the second by the father of the plaintiff in the first action for consequential damages. Writs dated respectively October 18, 1917, and May 12, 1919. In the Superior Court the actions were tried together before Quinn, J. The material evidence is described in the opinion. At the close of the evidence the judge upon motion by the defendant ordered verdicts for the…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
The first action is brought to recover for personal injuries received by a child, who at the time of the accident was four and one half years old. She will hereafter be referred to as the plaintiff. The second action is brought by the father of the child to recover for medical expenses incurred by reason of her injuries.
*227On the day of the accident the plaintiff, accompanied by her father and mother, was at a white post near the corner of Blue Hill Avenue and Charlotte Street in Boston for the purpose of boarding a north bound electric car of the defendant; at that time there was a large number…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Kuhlen v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Glennen v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Danovitz v. Blue Hill Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Bryant v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1919
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- Leach v. School District No. 322Washington Supreme Court · 1938
- Sack v. Director General of RailroadsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Burns v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Stanley v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Longin v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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