McGuiggan v. NEW ENGLAND TEL. & TEL. CO. PEABODY

398 Mass. 152 (1986)

496 N.E.2d 141

DANIEL E. McGUIGGAN, administrator,[1]

vs.

NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY; CITY OF PEABODY & others,[2] third-party defendants.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 8, 1986.

August 6, 1986.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

Bartlett Leber Thomas for New England Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Deirdre H. Harris (Richard L. Neumeier & John J. Mahoney with her) for Daniel E. McGuiggan & another, third-party defendants.

WILKINS, J.

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