Legal Opinion
Kinnear v. General Mills, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 25, 1941PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
Three cases, of which this is one, to recover damages for personal injuries were tried together. Verdicts were returned for the plaintiffs, the amount of the plaintiff’s in the case at bar being $25,000 which was the ad damnum of her writ. After the jury had retired to consider the cases, it returned to the court room and propounded the following question: “Your Honor, we would like to know if we can award more damages to a plaintiff than said plaintiff asked for in the suit? ” The judge replied: “You have asked a question. I do not care to read it aloud in the court room. I will put it in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Davis v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1920
- Simmons v. FishMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Long v. GeorgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
- Mills v. Magee Carpet Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Macchiaroli v. HowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- DoCanto v. Ametek, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Goldstein v. GontarzMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- DeLuca v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1942
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