Legal Opinion
Walter Rainey v. Gay's Express, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 2, 1960No. 5532_1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts entered following a directed verdict for defendant after trial.
Plaintiff-appellant, a citizen of Rhode Island, sued defendant, a New Hamp shire corporation with its usual place of business in Massachusetts, for injuries received in a fall from a scaffold in Gardner, Massachusetts. At the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict in its favor. The district judge allowed the motion, stating: "“The Court feels that there is not sufficient evidence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- American Fidelity & Casualty Company v. Mrs. Claire DrexlerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Metropolitan Coal Company, Inc. v. Franklin Johnson, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company v. Franklin JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
- Harold Hobart v. Michael P. O'brien, Harold M. Hobart v. John G. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1957
- Callahan v. LachMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Cioffi v. LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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3Cited by9 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Donald E. Powers v. Bethlehem Steel Corporation v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc., Donald E. Powers v. McKie Lighter Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
- Federal Insurance Company v. Harry SummersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1968
- Rose Ann McGurrin Ehrhard v. Michael Joseph Connolly, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- M. C. Carlisle & Co., Inc. v. Robert W. CrossCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
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