Legal Opinion
Rathbun v. Western Massachusetts Electric Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 10, 1985PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
On June 2, 1977, Michael J. Rathbun and his grandfather, Michael A. Sciola, were seriously injured when the body of the dump truck they were unloading came in contact with a high voltage electric transmission line of the Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMEC) at the city of Pitts-field’s landfill. The city had granted WMEC an easement for the transmission line in 1960. In March, 1983, tort actions brought by Rathbun and Sciola against the city and WMEC were settled in the midst of trial, with WMEC and the city contributing equally to the settlement.
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- Stewart v. Roy Bros. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
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