Legal Opinion
Barrett v. Builders' Patent Scaffolding Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1942PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
This is ah action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, as the result of a fall from a scaffolding on Monday, August 9, 1937, when he was in the employ of a painting concern for whom the scaffolding had been erected by the defendant under the terms of a written contract. There was a verdict for the plaintiff and the defendant’s exceptions are to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict and the refusal of the trial judge to give some of its requests for rulings.
By the terms of the contract, the defendant agreed to “furnish, erect and remove…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Mulchey v. Methodist Religious SocietyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Rooney v. Sewall & Day Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- McCafferty v. Lewando's French Dyeing & Cleansing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Favereau v. GabeleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Gray v. Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Marguerite Jamieson v. Woodward & LothropCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Thorneal v. Cape Pond Ice Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
- Flaherty v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Gauld v. John Hancock Mutual Life InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
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