Legal Opinion
Beaver v. Costin
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 7, 1967PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries and comes here on the plaintiff’s exceptions to the direction of a verdict for the defendant and the exclusion of certain testimony.
The evidence most favorable to the plaintiff is summarized as follows. On September 1,1961, while seated on the right hand side of an automobile driven by one Grant, the plaintiff was struck on the right side of the face and sustained a laceration, a “dirt wound,” which required ten stitches to close following irrigation and debridement at a hospital. The object or objects which caused the injury…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Luz v. Stop & Shop, Inc. of PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
- Berardi v. MenicksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Navien v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Carey v. General Motors Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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