Legal Opinion

Berman v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided December 10, 1947Published

1Opinion of the CourtGillen, J.

This is an action of tort in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries as a result of an accident which occurred on December 29,1946, on Blue Hill Avenue, Dorchester. At the trial of this case the plaintiff was the only person to give any testimony. He testified that on December 29, 1946, at about 3 p. m., he arrived on an inbound passenger loading platform on Blue Hill Avenue at Morton Street, Dorchester, Massachusetts; that it had been snowing, but the platform was free of snow and had been sanded. He observed other persons standing on the platform, but they were at the end…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Austin v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  2. Morrissey v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  3. Nolan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  4. Weir v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933

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