Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Stoddard
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 31, 1941PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff in the first case sued the defendants Clayton B. Stoddard and Clement B. Stoddard, as manufacturers of bakery products, to recover damages on account of being made ill as a result of eating cream puffs which, she alleges, were unfit for human consumption because they were infected with dangerous germs which came from one of the defendants’ employees. The plaintiff in the second case, the husband of the plaintiff in the first case, ate some of these puffs, was made ill and sued these defendants to recover damages for his injury. At the close of the evidence, the judge directed a…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Smith v. First National BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Doyle v. Continental Baking Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Richenbacher v. California Packing Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Newhall v. Ward Baking Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Wilson v. J. G. & B. S. Ferguson Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Druzik v. Board of Health of HaverhillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Smith v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1973
- Ferrell v. Royal Crown Bottling Co. of CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
- Wernick v. Bob Ware's Food Shops, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1963
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