Legal Opinion
Flynn v. Growers Outlet, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 25, 1940PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
The plaintiffs seek to recover for the effects of illnesses alleged to have been caused by eating pork sausage that was purchased from the defendant. The actions have been treated by the parties as based on negligence.
There was evidence that the sausage meat, packed in a glass receptacle, was purchased between ten and ten-thirty o’clock in the forenoon of Tuesday, November 14, 1939, by the plaintiff Esther Flynn, who is the wife of the plaintiff John. Dawn, aged six years, is their daughter. The receptacle was of transparent white glass, covered at the top by cellophane that was sealed on the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Johnson v. KanavosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Holt v. MannMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Schuler v. Union News Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Jackson v. AnthonyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
- Rocha v. AlberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Commonwealth v. JonesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. MakarewiczMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- Bernier v. Boston Edison Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Plumer v. LuceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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