Legal Opinion

Dolan v. Boston & Maine Railroad

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 2, 1952PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.

This is an action of tort by the adminis-tratrix of the estate of Henry E. Dolan to recover compensation for his conscious suffering and death. St. 1947, c. 506, §§ 1A, 2. The plaintiff has excepted to the entry of verdicts for the defendant under leave reserved on the counts both for conscious suffering and for death after verdicts returned by the jury for the plaintiff.

There was evidence that on January 7, 1948, at about 8:47 a.m. Dolan boarded the defendant’s train at the Central Square station in Lynn intending to ride to Boston. The train consisted of three ordinary coaches with a…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Foley v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
  2. Seidenberg v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Grace v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1945
  4. Klein v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
  5. Moors v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Pettie v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1996
  2. Gaines v. General Motors Corp.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1991
  3. Winer v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
  4. McCloskey v. R. H. Stearns Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1961
  5. Bradstreet v. A.R. Belli, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1991

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