Weil v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions OP tort, the first for the conscious suffering and the second for the death of Hannah Levy, alleged to have been caused by grossly negligent operation of a street car by servants of the defendant who were careless, inexperienced and unfit for such duties and whose carelessness, inexperience and unfitness were known or should have been known to the defendant.
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Two actions OP tort, the first for the conscious suffering and the second for the death of Hannah Levy, alleged to have been caused by grossly negligent operation of a street car by servants of the defendant who were careless, inexperienced and unfit for such duties and whose carelessness, inexperience and unfitness were known or should have been known to the defendant. Writs dated September 15, 1908. In the Superior Court the cases were tried together before Aiken, C. J. Numerous exceptions were taken by both parties during the progress of. the trial." There was a verdict for the defendant.…
1Opinion of the CourtRugg, C. J.
These actions were tried before the Chief Justice of the Superior Court and resulted in verdicts for the defendant. Thereafter the plaintiff made a motion that the verdicts be set aside and new trials granted, by reason of certain specified errors of law in the charge. These motions were granted. The result is that, so far as the record of the Superior Court goes, in each case there has been a trial to a jury and a verdict rendered, and that verdict has been set aside. No further trial or proceedings have been had. The parties have argued at length several questians of law raised at the…
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