Legal Opinion
Cooke v. Walter Kidde & Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 18, 1979PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By their several actions the plaintiffs sought to recover for damages they sustained when an air *903support structure, purchased from Air Tech Industries, Inc. (Air Tech), a wholly owned subsidiary of Walter Kidde and Co., Inc. (Kidde), collapsed. Air Tech then commenced an action against the plaintiffs in which it sought to recover amounts alleged to be due on notes owed by the plaintiffs. All the actions were tried together before a master whose findings of fact were not final. The cases were then tried to a jury and verdicts were returned in favor of Air Tech and against all the plaintiffs.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Guinan v. Famous Players-Lasky Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Posell v. HerscovitzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Bendett v. BendettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Fialkow v. DeVoe Motors, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Narkin v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1977
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Abramian v. President & Fellows of Harvard CollegeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2000
- Corsetti v. Stone Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Powers v. H.B. Smith Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Trinity Church in the City v. John Hancock Mut. L. Ins.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Hoffman v. Houghton Chemical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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