Legal Opinion
Palumbo v. Boston Tow Boat Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 13, 1986PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The plaintiff’s business, B & B Restaurant, located at the foot of the Chelsea Street bridge in Chelsea, was forced to close for lack of customers after a vessel owned by the defendant Cyclamen Shipping Corp. and accompanied by four tow boats operated by the defendant Boston Tow Boat Co., Inc., struck and damaged the bridge, causing it to be closed for repairs for a year and a half. The plaintiff filed a complaint seeking compensation for his economic losses, basing his claim on the principle of Massachusetts law, enunciated in Stop & Shop Cos. v. Fisher, 387 Mass. 889, 896 (1983), that “an…
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