Legal Opinion
Jennett v. Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 11, 1980PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
By their actions the plaintiffs sought to recover for damages they sustained when they were thrown from a lifting beam because of a failure in one of the upper “legs” of a steel cable sling. Both plaintiffs brought actions for negligence against United Industrial Syndicated, Inc., d/b/a Portland Co. (Portland), which had entered into a contract with Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation (Stone & Webster) to construct a “stop-log structure,” including the lifting beam and steel cable-sling. The plain*824tiffs also sought recovery for negligence against Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. (Colorado),…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Bartley v. PhillipsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Carter v. Yardley & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Sieracki v. Seas Shipping Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Parent v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Laaperi v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Albin Laaperi, Administrator of the Estate of Alan Laaperi v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Inc., Albin Laaperi, Administrator of the Estate of James Laaperi v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Inc., Albin Laaperi, Administrator of the Estate of Paul Laaperi v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Inc., Janet Laaperi, Ppa, by Her Father, Albin Laaperi v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Henrick v. Coats Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
- Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. v. United Industrial Syndicated, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
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