Legal Opinion
Riley v. DAVISON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 2, 1980PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiff commenced this suit for damages under a negligence theory pursuant to G. L. c. 152, § 15, by writ dated September 5, 1973, in the Superior Court, Plymouth County, against Davison Construction Co., Inc. (Davison), and Standard Contracting Co., Inc. (Standard). Trial commenced on June 12, 1978. The judge submitted the case against both defendants to the jury on special questions. Mass. R. Civ. P. 49 (a), 365 Mass. 812 (1974). Thereafter, based upon the jury’s answers to the special questions, the judge ordered entry of judgment for both defendants.
The plaintiff appealed and direct…
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