Legal Opinion
Hayes v. Purity Supreme, Inc.
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided October 11, 2000Published
1Opinion of the Court
Wheatley, PJ.
The plaintiff (Hayes), the mother of eighteen-month-old Brittany Hayes (Brittany), sued the defendant (Purity) for redress for injuries which Brittany received when struck by soda cans which fell from a stack of cans on display in Purity’s store.2 The complaint, originally filed in the Superior Court, was remanded to the District Court for trial. The District Court judge ordered the case dismissed. This order was vacated by another judge and the matter went to trial, which resulted in a verdict for Hayes for $48,500, plus interest. Purity’s motion for new trial thereafter was…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sophie Radack and Charles Radack v. Norwegian America Line Agency, Inc., and Den Norske Amerikalinje, A/sCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Bucchiere v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. DismangCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Wilkinson v. GuarinoMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- Hoch v. GavanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
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