Legal Opinion
Soule v. Massachusetts Electric Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 4, 1979PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
In 1954, when the plaintiff was eight years old, he climbed up to an electric power substation controlled and operated by the defendant’s2 predecessor Weymouth Light and Power Company, and was severely injured by coming into contact with a 13,800 volt electrical wire. On November 21, 1977, a jury awarded the plaintiff damages of $230,000 for injuries from this accident and gave the following answers to three questions posed to them on a special verdict: (1) Was the defendant negligent and, if so, was the defendant’s negligence a proximate cause of the plaintiffs injuries? Yes. (2) Was the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Railroad Co. v. StoutSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- Mounsey v. EllardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Boston Housing Authority v. HemingwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Menard v. CSX Transportation, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Young v. GarwackiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Schofield v. MerrillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Mathis v. Massachusetts Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Papadopoulos v. Target CorporationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
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