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· 5/4/1964

Falvey v. Hamelburg

Citations

  • 198 N.E.2d 400
  • 347 Mass. 430
  • 1964 Mass. LEXIS 782

How courts have described this case

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

  • “There was no evidence that the defendant could have seen the plaintiff for more than an instant, if at all, before the impact.”
  • violation of a statute, while evidence of negligence, does not make a case for the jury without proof that it was causally connected to the injury
  • “Negligence does not operate in a vacuum. Legal consequences result from it if, but only if, the negligence is causally related to the harm complained of”
  • \To say that the violation of law involved in operating an improperly registered automobile is evidence of negligence does not necessarly mean that there is a case for the jury. There is still the question of causation to consider\
  • “To say that the violation of law involved in operating an improp erly registered automobile is evidence of negligence does not necessarly mean that there is a case for the jury. There is still the question of causation to consider”

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Judges: Wilkins, Spalding, Whittemore, Cutter, Reardon

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