Evans v. Multicon Construction Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• \the judge should not . . . nullify a jury's verdict by granting a new trial unless it appears on a survey of the whole case that otherwise a miscarriage of justice would result\
• finding abuse of discretion in judge’s granting new trial
• judge's instruction cured improper argument by counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Evans v. Multicon Construction Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-06-21· cited 117×
• W. Oliver Tripp Co. v. American Hoechst Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-07-14· cited 96×
• Torre v. Harris-Seybold Co.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-05-06· cited 42×
• Hoffman v. Houghton Chemical Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-07-19· cited 39×
• Steele v. Kelley
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-05-12· cited 25×
• MICHAEL A. DAVID v. JONATHAN P. KELLY & another.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2021-10-25· cited 12×
• Wahlstrom v. JPA IV Management Co., Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-06-10· cited 6×
• McCarthy v. Quirk Nissan, Inc.
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2009-09-15· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-01-06· cited 2×
• Bird v. Boston Redevelopment Authority
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-11-13· cited 2×
• Hillman v. Slater
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-03· cited 1×
• Hebard v. O'Brien
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1993-03-03· cited 1×
• Shepard v. Estate of Ball
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2003-10-01
• Bhaduri v. Middlesex County Sheriff's Department
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-03-28

Cites

23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Bresnick v. Heath
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-10-31· cited 313×
• Raunela v. Hertz Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-03-06· cited 161×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-02-23· cited 89×
• Leone v. Doran
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-01-22· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-03-07· cited 62×
• Grady v. Collins Transportation Co. Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-12-06· cited 51×
• Sullivan v. Roche
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-10-13· cited 44×
• London v. Bay State Street Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1919-01-02· cited 41×
• Heina v. Broadway Fruit Market, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-12-28· cited 35×
• Nicholas v. Lewis Furniture Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-11-26· cited 32×
• DeCanio v. School Committee of Boston
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-07-03· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-21· cited 22×
• O'Neill v. Ross
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-10-16· cited 22×
• McGeorge v. Grand Realty Trust, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-05· cited 22×
• Spiller v. Metropolitan Transit Authority
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1965-03-01· cited 20×
• McKim v. Foley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1898-02-28· cited 19×
• Shea v. D. & N. Motor Transportation Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-26· cited 17×
• Fitzpatrick v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1916-04-05· cited 14×
• Fenton v. School Committee of Boston
  Supreme Court· 1971-03-01· cited 14×
• Murphy v. Moore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-10-31· cited 10×