Legal Opinion
Sellars v. Shaughnessy Crane Service, Inc.
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided March 8, 1988PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRuma, J.
This is an action in tort to recover for damage to a storage silo which was allegedly caused by the defendant’s negligent operation of a crane utilized to lift and move the silo.
The defendant orally moved for a “required or directed finding” at the close of the plaintiffs case. Said motion was denied. The defendant then presented evidence and renewed its “motion for a required finding” at the conclusion of the trial. The motion was again denied. The defendant did not file Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. P., Rule 64(b) requests for rulings of law.
Judgment was entered for the plaintiff in the amount of…
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