Legal Opinion

DeLuca v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 2, 1942PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtField, C.J.

This action of tort for negligence, to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff as the result of a collision, on October 28, 1939, between an automobile in which she was riding and a motor bus owned by the defendant and operated by its servant, was tried in the Superior Court before a jury. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant, and stated in response to a question by the judge that they found that the operator of the motor bus was not negligent.

The plaintiff made a motion for a new trial. The only grounds of the motion here material are “That since the…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
  2. Peterson v. HopsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
  3. Randall v. Peerless Motor Car Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  4. Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
  5. City of Boston v. SantosuossoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GraceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
  2. Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  3. Commonwealth v. LeFaveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  4. Commonwealth v. MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
  5. Cullen Enterprises, Inc. v. Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987

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