· 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
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor
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