Legal Opinion
Montes v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 9, 2006PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
A jury returned a special verdict against the defendant, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), for reckless conduct stemming from an accident in which one of the defendant’s trains severed the lower left leg of the plaintiff, Pablo Candía Montes. The jury could have found that, at the time of the accident, the train was traveling at an excessive rate of speed and that the defendant’s motorperson was not paying attention while operating the train. The jury did find, in response to a special question, that the plaintiff was a *182trespasser at the time of the accident and that the…
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