Legal Opinion
Baumgardner v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 24, 1939PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDolan, J.
This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when struck by a motor truck, owned by the defendant city and in service in the sanitary division of its public works department. The judge found for the plaintiff, and the case now comes before us on the plaintiff’s appeal from the order of the Appellate Division that judgment be entered for the defendant.
There was evidence that the operator of the vehicle was negligent and that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care at the time of the accident. The sole issue raised by the report is…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Bolster v. City of LawrenceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1917
- McDermott's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Coughlan v. City of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Tindley v. City of SalemMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Benton v. Trustees of the City HospitalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1885
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Morash & Sons, Inc. v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Whalen v. Worcester Electric Light Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Enga v. SparksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Sullivan v. Town of SaugusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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