Legal Opinion
Kunkel v. Alger
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 23, 1980PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
On December 4, 1971, in Acton, Maine, the plaintiff suffered a fractured leg while riding as a passenger on a snowmobile operated by the defendant Theodore Lebida and owned by the defendant Francis N. Alger. His action in the Superior Court originally sought recovery against Lebida for negligent operation of the snowmobile and against Alger on the basis of vicarious liability. The case was tried to a jury (under the substantive law of the State of Maine) against Lebida on the theory expressed above, and against Alger on the theory that he negligently entrusted the snowmobile to an…
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