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· 8/6/1990

Bowen v. Eli Lilly & Co.

Citations

  • 557 N.E.2d 739
  • 408 Mass. 204
  • 1990 Mass. LEXIS 352

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a cause of action accrues when the plaintiff has notice of the basic fact that he has been harmed by the defendant's conduct, regardless of an ignorance of the particulars
  • holding that a cause of action accrues when the plaintiff has notice of the basic fact that he has been harmed by the defendant's conduct, regardless of an ignorance of the particulars
  • noting that the court should look at “a reasonable person in the position of the plaintiff’
  • noting that the court should look at “a reasonable person in the position of the plaintiff’
  • noting that the court should look at “a reasonable person in the position of the plaintiff’
  • stating that “[r]easonable notice that a particular product or a particular act of another person may have been a cause of harm to a plaintiff creates a duty of inquiry”

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney

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