Dalton v. Gibson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions of tort, the first to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while at work in the store numbered 28 on Eliot Street in Boston, and the second by the husband of the plaintiff in the first case to recover for the loss of her services and for expenditures for medicine, medical attendance and nursing occasioned by the injuries.
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Two actions of tort, the first to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff while at work in the store numbered 28 on Eliot Street in Boston, and the second by the husband of the plaintiff in the first case to recover for the loss of her services and for expenditures for medicine, medical attendance and nursing occasioned by the injuries. Writs dated December 19, 1902. The cases were tried together before White, J. The plaintiff in the first case introduced evidence tending to prove the following facts: The store in question was situated on Eliot Street in the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
These were two actions of tort, the first to recover damages for personal injuries received as hereinafter described, and the second by the husband of the first named plaintiff to recover for loss of service, and for expenses incurred for medical attendance and nursing, of his wife. Since the right of the husband to recover must stand or fall with that of his wife, the discussion will be confined to her case, and the term “ plaintiff ” will be understood as applying simply to her.
The plaintiff, while at work as a servant in the employ of one Hammond, in a kitchen which was a part of premises…
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