Legal Opinion

Micale v. Pumphret

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided February 19, 1944Published

1Opinion of the Court

Keniston, G. J.

The plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries sustained by being struck by a piece of metal which came from apparatus being used by the defendant in raising a disabled truck. The plaintiff was standing on the sidewalk watching the defendant and in the exercise of due care.

*73There was evidence from which the court could have found the following facts:

The defendant backed a wrecking truck in front of a disabled truck. The truck was equipped for lifting and towing disabled cars with a winch, steel cable and chain. There was an eye bolt at the end of the cable. The defendant used a…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Griffin v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1889
  2. Semerjian v. StetsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933
  3. McNamara v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  4. Commonwealth v. PearMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1903
  5. Roscigno v. Colonial Beacon Oil Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936

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