D'Annolfo v. Stoneham Housing Authority

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that Mass. R. Civ. P. 59(a) “requires that the plaintiff be given an opportunity to remit so much of the damages awarded as ‘the court adjudges is excessive’ ”
• “The standard to be used on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is the same as that on a motion for a directed verdict”
• “The standard to be used on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is the same as that on a motion for a directed verdict”
• “The standard to be used on a motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict is the same as that on a motion for a directed verdict”
• valuation can rest upon evidence that a willing buyer would take into account the “possibility” of a change in zoning
• judge “did this to avoid the necessity of a new trial, if an appellate court should determine that it was error to disregard the plaintiffs’ evidence of value based on a reasonable prospect of a zoning change”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).