Legal Opinion
Knight v. Maersk Container Service Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 25, 2000No. 98-P-482PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On July 12, 1994, the plaintiffs, Kenneth R. Knight (Knight) and his wife, brought a negligence action in the Superior Court against the defendants, Maersk Container Service Company, Inc., Universal Maritime Service Corp. (collectively Maersk), and Bobby J. Ogelsby, Jr. The complaint alleged that Ogelsby negligently backed a tractor owned by Maersk into a chassis and caused it to strike another chassis that pinned Knight and thereby caused serious injuries.
During the trial in the Superior Court, the defendants offered in evidence the medical report of Mordecai Berkowitz, M.D. (Berkowitz…
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- Ortiz v. SteinMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
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