Bolton v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

The plaintiff sued the defendant for the conscious pain and suffering and wrongful death of his intestate, Elizabeth Bolton, who died in a motor vehicle collision with the defendant’s bus. From a judgment for the plaintiff in the Superior Court and the denial of the defendant’s motion for a new trial, the defendant appeals.

The defendant argues that the trial judge erred in precluding the defendant’s expert witness from testifying on the results of his inspection of the bus for the Department of Public Utilities. The defendant also argues that the evidence was insufficient as matter of law to…