Legal Opinion
Buker v. Melanson
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 4, 1979PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
The defendants appeal from a judgment entered on a jury’s special verdicts. See Mass.R.Civ.P. 49(a), 365 Mass. 812 (1974). 2 Specifically, they urge, that the court erred (1) in charging the jury on the issue of the defendants’ negligence because that issue had not been properly raised by the plaintiffs complaint; (2) that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of negligence; (3) that a photocopy of an undated letter was improperly admitted in evidence; and (4) that a master’s report was improperly (untimely) filed.
On the basis of the record, the jury could have found the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Noyes v. NoyesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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- New England Acceptance Corp. v. American Manufacturers Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Makino, U.S.A., Inc. v. Metlife Capital Credit Corp.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
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- Bank of Boston v. HauflerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- Goddard v. GoucherMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2016
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