Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Eagle Brook Country Store, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 16, 1990PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.

The defendant, Eagle Brook Country Store, Inc. (Eagle Brook), doing business as the Eagle Brook Saloon, located in Norfolk, appealed from a judgment entered against it in the Superior Court based on its serving alcoholic beverages on the night of October 11-12, 1981, to Donald R. *356Sanders.1 The Appeals Court upheld the judgment. Bennett v. Eagle Brook Country Store, Inc., 28 Mass. App. Ct. 35 (1989). We granted Eagle Brook’s application for further appellate review, and we reverse.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the judge submitted to the jury sixteen special questions, pursuant to Mass. R.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cimino v. Milford Keg, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. Adamian v. Three Sons, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
  3. LaClair v. Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  4. Carey v. New Yorker of Worcester, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
  5. Three Sons, Inc. v. Phoenix InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Davignon v. ClemmeyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2003
  2. Downey v. Bob's Discount Furniture Holdings, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
  3. Cremins v. ClancyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
  4. Ulwick v. DeChristopherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  5. Leavitt v. Brockton Hospital, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009

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