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  • Roy v. Gravel

    23 Mass. App. Dec. 155 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jul 1, 1962

    Murphy v. Kelley, 302 Mass. 390, 391 . Sutherland v. MacLeod, 311 Mass. 295, 296 . Mendes v. Roche, 317 Mass. 321, 324 . G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 260, s. 2. … Gillingham v. Brown, 178 Mass. 414, 421 . Gill v. Gibson, 225 Mass. 266 . Packard v. Ala., 16 Mass. App. Dec. 160, 164 .

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  • Harrington v. Lewis

    1982 Mass. App. Div. 205 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Aug 24, 1982

    On or about March 10, 1980, the plaintiff filed a petition for a variance with the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Town of Millis regarding the subject property, and, by decision dated April 14, 1980, the board ruled that … (See LaRosa v. Howard D. Johnson Co., 15 Mass. App. Dec. 149, 153 [1958]). Counsel evidently intended to cite G.L. c. 40A.

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  • Van Liew v. Stansfield

    2014 Mass. App. Div. 69 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Mar 28, 2014

    In McLarnon v. … See Smith v. Jones, 67 Mass. App.

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  • Pocasset Mobile Home Park, LLC v. Carvalho

    2011 Mass. App. Div. 77 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Apr 21, 2011

    See Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976, 978 (1985) (noting that damages are not capable of precise measurement in these cases, and approving an “approximate result”). … See Brown v. LeClair, 20 Mass. App. Ct. 976, 978 (1985).

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  • Bertrand v. Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance

    2010 Mass. App. Div. 85 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Mar 30, 2010

    However, both §99 and §101E of G.L.c. 175 provide that a decision of a board of referees is final as to the amount of the loss sustained by the insured. See Employers’ Liab. Assur. Corp., Ltd. v. … Augat, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 410 Mass. 117, 120 (1991). Compare, however, Pupecki v.

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  • Vining v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

    2005 Mass. App. Div. 121 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Sep 26, 2005

    The authority to make decisions at the MBTA is vested by statute in the board of directors and the chairman, who is appointed by that board. G.L.c. 161A, §3; Appley v. Locke, 396 Mass. 540, 541 (1986). … The MBTA argues that Vining cannot prevail on his breach of contract claim because he cannot prove that the MBTA board of directors, or an authorized agent, offered the salary he claims to be owed.

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  • Weaver v. Roche Bros. Supermarket

    1998 Mass. App. Div. 26 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Feb 2, 1998

    The floor had *27 white tiles and the coffee beans were dark brown but the plaintiff had failed to see the coffee bean before the slip and fall. A trial judge’s finding of facts must be given great weight. … Mounsey v. Ellard, 363 Mass. 693 (1973). The trial judge found that the defendant had not acted reasonably in light of all the circumstances in the particular case. His findings of fact were not clearly erroneous.

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  • Massachusetts General Hospital v. City of Chelsea

    23 Mass. App. Dec. 58 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Nov 2, 1961

    Worcester v. Charlton, 336 Mass. 525; Symmes Arlington Hospital v. Arlington, 292 Mass. 162 ; Templeton v. Winchendon, 138 Mass. 109 . Granted by the court. 2a. … Palmer v. Hampden, 182 Mass. 511 ; Smith v. Colerain, 50 Mass. 492 . Granted by the court. 3 a.

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  • Schroth v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

    55 Mass. App. Dec. 177 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Oct 24, 1974

    Aiken v. Holyoke St. Rwy. Co., 184 Mass. 269 ; Baines v. Collins, 310 Mass. 523 ; See Commonwealth v. Welansky, 316 Mass. 383, 396-401 . … Sheehan v. Goriansky, 317 Mass. 10, 14-16 (Boy was trespasser on running board of auto and defendant drove onto dirt road, increased speed, ran into a pole and killed boy. Def. bable).

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  • Blout v. Johnson

    43 Mass. App. Dec. 127 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · May 8, 1969

    Stevens v. St. Botolph Holding Company, 316 Mass. 238 . Stella v. Curtis, 348 Mass. 458, 461 . … See Kacavas v. Diamond, 303 Mass. 88, 91 .

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  • Berninger v. Small

    1986 Mass. App. Div. 87 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jun 4, 1986

    See Paresky v. Board of Zoning Appeal of Cambridge, 19 Mass. App. Ct. 612, 615 (1985) and cases cited. … Parrell v. Keenan, 389 Mass. 809 , 814 n. 7(1983); Klimas v. Mitrano, 17 Mass. App. Ct. 1004 (1984); Bowers v. Board of Appeals of Marshfield, 16 Mass. App. Ct., at 33 .

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  • J.A.C. Construction Co. v. Holmes

    1992 Mass. App. Div. 83 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Apr 21, 1992

    See Brown v. Quinn, 1987 Mass. App. Div. 215 , aff'd 27 Mass. App. Ct. 288 (1989), aff'd 406 Mass. 641 (1990). … Co. v. LeTendre, 384 Mass. 481, 484 (1981), citing Schulte v. Director of Div. of Employ. Sec., 369 Mass. 74, 78-80 (1975). See also, Brown v. Quinn, supra, 406 Mass, at 643-644.

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  • Comforte v. Samuel Z. Goldstein, Inc.

    42 Mass. App. Dec. 209 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Oct 3, 1969

    There was evidence floor boards had previously vibrated when children played there and boards were shaky. No witness saw the accident. … Martin v. Reis, 344 Mass. 32, 35 ; Scire v. Scire, 348 Mass. 768 ; Piekos v. Bachand, 333 Mass. 211, 213 .

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  • Savoie v. Jesus

    1985 Mass. App. Div. 177 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Sep 12, 1985

    Spencer v. Robert Laurence, Inc., 347 Mass. 765 (1964); Barton v. Cambridge, 318 Mass. 420, 424 (1945); Parker v. Levin, 285 Mass. 125, 129 (1934). … Sawyer, Co. v. Boyajian, 298 Mass. 415, 416, 417 , (1937); Gilman v. Brown, 45 Mass. App. Dec. 184, 187 (1970); Brennan v. Bollino, 25 Mass. App. Dec. 200, 201 (1962).

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  • Weiner v. Bernstein

    22 Mass. App. Dec. 32 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jun 22, 1961

    If the rule of damages that the defendant stresses as set forth in Pelatowski v. Black, 213 Mass. 428 , and Divito v. … Scullane v. Kellogg, 169 Mass. 544 ; Cross v. Sharaffa, 281 Mass. 329, 331 ; Babikian v. Brown, 293 Mass. 195 ; Ryder v. Warren, 295 Mass. 25 , 28. Myron J. Cohen of Boston, for the Plaintiff. Irving J.

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  • Fleming v. Kroen

    1991 Mass. App. Div. 35 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Mar 6, 1991

    Hough v. City of Newton, 1985 Mass. App. Div. 8 ; O’Connell & Co., Inc. v. Gassett, 1986 Mass. App. Div. 160 ; Hunt v. Swim, Inc., 1989 Mass. App. Div. 208 ; Brown, et al. v. Quinn, 27 Mass. App. Ct. 288 . … Old Colony Bank of Worcester v. Miller, 1981 Mass. App. Div. 202, 206 .

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  • Joseph Freedman Co. v. North Penn Transfer, Inc.

    1982 Mass. App. Div. 186 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jul 8, 1982

    Brown’s Case, 334 Mass. 343 . “An Appellate Court should not disturb a finding if it can be supported on any reasonable view of the evidence with all rational inferences of which it is susceptible.” Luongo v.

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  • Massachusetts Higher Education Assistance Corp. v. Dowd

    2002 Mass. App. Div. 161 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Aug 14, 2002

    Wickstrom v. Castonguay, 2001 Mass. App. Div. 220, 221 . As a result the dismissal of the appeal is not properly before us, and this appeal is dismissed. … Brown v. Quinn, 406 Mass. 641, 645 (1990). Other than filing of the appeal notice, the absence of entries upon the docket reflect that Dowd Med to adhere to any time requirements.

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  • Hartunian v. Arbella Mutual Insurance

    2013 Mass. App. Div. 83 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Apr 17, 2013

    As an unpaid party, Byron V. Hartunian, M.D., P.C. … See Brown v. F.L. Roberts & Co., 452 Mass. 674, 678 (2008). 3 Judgment affirmed. So ordered.

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  • Tabor School Camp, Inc. v. Norfolk Hunt Club

    30 Mass. App. Dec. 129 · Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · Jul 1, 1964

    Moss v. Old Colony Tr. Co., 246 Mass. 139 . The defendant in his brief cites Rourke v. Cadillac Automobile Co., 268 Mass. 1 . … Hall v. Boston and Worcester RR., 14 Allen 439 ; Doyle v. Pearless Motor Co., 226 Mass. *138 561 and cases cited. Good faith is of no consequence. See Doyle v. Pearless, cited supra. William A.

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