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· 2/5/1985

Stepakoff v. Kantar

Citations

  • 473 N.E.2d 1131
  • 393 Mass. 836
  • 1985 Mass. LEXIS 1316

How courts have described this case

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

  • rejecting a plaintiffs argument that, after a psychiatrist diagnoses “a patient as suicidal, the psychiatrist’s duty to take preventative measures becomes one of ‘reasonableness’ ”
  • objection preserved where judge asked counsel to object by instruction number, but assured counsel he understood objection and no further presentation necessary
  • trial judge approved procedure by which he said party’s rights would be preserved
  • sufficient where trial judge asked counsel to object by number

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Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor

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