Legal Opinion
Osborne v. Hemingway Transport, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 28, 1990No. 88-P-1362PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Although a jury awarded the plaintiffs, the wife and minor son of Leon Osborne (Osborne), damages against the defendant for loss of consortium, the trial judge allowed the defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. See Soares v. Lakeville Baseball Camp, Inc., 369 Mass. 974, 975 (1976). In considering the plaintiffs’ appeal, we must construe the evidence most favorably to the plaintiffs, and in determining whether there was error by the trial judge, we must apply the test “whether ‘anywhere in the evidence, from whatever source derived, any combination of circumstances could…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Raunela v. Hertz Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Zezuski v. Jenny Manufacturing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Evangelio v. Metropolitan Bottling Co. Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Soares v. Lakeville Baseball Camp, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Hemenway v. Shaw's Supermarket, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1998
- Ward v. JamesMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1999
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