Legal Opinion
Hallett v. Town of Wrentham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 13, 1986PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
William Hallett was killed on February 22, 1980, when the car he was driving collided with a town of Wrentham sanding truck driven by Robert A. Correia, a town employee. 2 Karen Hallett, the deceased’s widow and administratrix, filed a wrongful death action against the town, and subsequently amended her complaint to add the three children of the deceased as separate plaintiffs seeking damages for loss of their father’s society. Over the defendant town’s objections, 3 a judge of the Superior Court permitted the separate claims to proceed before a jury. The jury found Correia seventy per cent…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Klein v. CatalanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Irwin v. Town of WareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Pinnick v. ClearyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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