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· 4/2/1973

Chase v. Roy

Citations

  • 294 N.E.2d 336
  • 363 Mass. 402
  • 1973 Mass. LEXIS 406

How courts have described this case

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

  • jury could have found that although one tortfeasor was negligent, that negligence did not result in any injuries to plaintiff and that injuries resulted solely from negligence of other tortfeasor
  • “if two or more wrongdoers negligently contribute to the personal injury of another by their several acts, which operate concurrently, so that in effect the damages suffered are rendered inseparable, they are jointly and severally liable”
  • “If, upon any reasonable view of the evidence, there is found a combination of facts from which a rational inference may be drawn in favor of the plaintiffs, there was an issue for decision by the jury”
  • speed twenty-five miles an hour in fog

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan

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