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· 5/8/1973

Sabatinelli v. Butler

Citations

  • 296 N.E.2d 190
  • 363 Mass. 565
  • 1973 Mass. LEXIS 424

How courts have described this case

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

  • father not negligent for failing to control son’s misuse of his own firearm where father did not know of son’s record of misuse of firearms
  • “[wjanton or reckless conduct is the legal equivalent of intentional conduct,” quoting Commonwealth v. Welansky, 316 Mass. 383, 401 (1944)
  • harmless error in exclusion of evidence on improper ground

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Judges: Tauro, Quirico, Braucher, Hennessey, Wilkins

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