Legal Opinion
Helie v. Goldstein
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 31, 1958PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
The defendant in this motor tort case excepted to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict. On the morning of November 2, 1954, the plaintiff, who was a pedestrian on the way to work, arrived at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Oakland Street, Springfield, where he waited two to three minutes for a police officer to give him a signal to cross. His own testimony was that upon getting the signal he started to cross Belmont Avenue, and “after he had traveled a distance of approximately nine feet from the curbing of the street he was hit by the center of the bumper of the defendant’s car…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Whalen v. MutrieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Nager v. ReidMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Rizzittelli v. VestineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Luvera v. DeCaroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- McGrimley v. JamesonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1937
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Spano v. Wilson Tisdale Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Coe v. EricksonMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1966
- Curran v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1973
- Rome v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
- Seigel v. WhitingMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1965
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