Legal Opinion
Stuart v. Town of Brookline
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 16, 1992PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
The town of Brookline (town) appeals from a judgment entered by a Superior Court judge awarding the plaintiff, Carolyn Stuart, $125,000 in damages arising from a motor vehicle collision between a town police cruiser and the vehicle in which Stuart was a passenger. The case was submitted to the trial court on a statement of agreed facts and documentary evidence. On appeal, the town argues that: (1) the statement of agreed facts should be discharged and the case remanded for trial; (2) the facts presented in the statement do not support a finding of negligence against the town; and (3) the…
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