· 1/25/1977
Davis v. DelRosso
Citations
- 359 N.E.2d 313
- 371 Mass. 768
- 1977 Mass. LEXIS 841
How courts have described this case
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- rejecting further remittitur based on argument that assault verdict should be “measured by reference only to the physical damage to plaintiff,” and not to “the shock and humiliation of a sudden deliberate assault”
- upholding finding of liability under an agency theory of cafe owner for the actions of an off-duiy policeman hired by the cafe on paid detail as a “bouncer” who acted in furtherance of the cafe’s private purposes on its private premises
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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Braucher, Kaplan, Liacos
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