Legal Opinion
Luoma v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1954PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This is an action of tort by a minor, hereinafter called the plaintiff, to recover for burns sustained in a fire allegedly caused by the defendant’s negligence in a greasing pit in a gasoline filling station in Westminster owned by the defendant and operated by the plaintiff’s employer under lease from the defendant. There is a count for consequential damages by the plaintiff’s father. The jury returned verdicts for the plaintiffs. The defendant excepted to the denial of its motion for directed verdicts.
On the evidence the jury could find these facts. On May 23, 1947, the plaintiff, then…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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