Legal Opinion
Adams v. Dunton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 12, 1933PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff’s declaration alleges that while on a duck hunting trip in Maine he was shot and injured by “the negligence and wilful, wanton, or reckless act” of the defendant. A judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston found for the plaintiff on the ground that negligence of the defendant caused, and that negligence of the plaintiff did not contribute to, the plaintiff’s injury. From an order of the Appellate Division dismissing a report the defendant has appealed.
At the time of the plaintiff’s injury the plaintiff and the defendant were in a flat bottomed boat in a duck blind on a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Washburn v. R. F. Owens Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1925
- Loftus v. PelletierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Hendler v. CoffeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Navien v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- McNicholas v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Goldstein v. GontarzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Stock v. FifeMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
- Helen Grenier Lyon, Etc. v. The Ranger III and Gerald J. Costa, Helen Grenier Lyon, Etc. v. The Ranger III and Gerald J. CostaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
- Maruho Co. v. Miles, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Brennan v. Ocean View Amusement Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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