Legal Opinion
Wingate v. Emery Air Freight Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 2, 1982PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
This appeal concerns the circumstances under which an employer’s report of injury, containing an account of an accident that resulted in injury to an employee, may be introduced in evidence, despite its hearsay nature, in a tort case brought by the plaintiff employee against a third party. We agree with the Appeals Court’s conclusion that the admission of the report in this case was prejudicial error, and reverse the judgment in favor of the defendant Emery *403Air Freight Corp. (Emery) entered in the Superior Court. 11 Mass. App. Ct. 982 (1981). In so doing, we define certain limits in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Kelly v. O'NEILMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1973
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- United States v. Cossie Burruss, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by72 opinions
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