Magaw v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

How courts have described this case

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

• MBTA liable in mugging of female patron in unlighted tunnel that passed under the tracks at the Ashmont station
• MBTA liable in mugging of female patron in unlighted tunnel that passed under the tracks at the Ashmont station
• amount of damages not a “shocking” example of “juiy vigilantism in retaliation” for a subway crime
• common carrier liable to a plaintiff assaulted in unlighted pedestrian tunnel controlled by MBTA
• in negligence action against MBTA stemming from robbery of plaintiff in underpass at subway station, MBTA conceded at trial that it owed plaintiff highest duty of care, and Appeals Court explicitly acknowledged the propriety of the MBTA’s concession
• robbery in underpass at subway station

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).