Cameron v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Two actions OE tort as stated by the court. Writs dated June 29, 1900. In the Superior Court Pierce, J. refused to order verdicts for the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in each case, in the first case in the sum of $1,500 and in the second case in the sum of $500. The defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
These are actions brought respectively by a woman for physical injuries and by her husband for loss of services by reason of the same injuries. It is not disputed that the woman was hurt in consequence of a blast of dynamite, exploded without warning near the house where she was sitting. It is admitted that she was using due care, and it is not argued that the defendant was not negligent in exploding the blast, if the consequences that followed can be attributed properly to the defendant as the responsible cause. The only ground of defence is that the accident was due solely to the internal…
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