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Graci v. Damon (1978)

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Rule Authority · Mass. · 4 citations in this opinion
See Zeller v. Cantu, supra at 81 ; Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 168-170 (1978).
Rule Authority · Utah · 2 citations in this opinion
Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. 160, 374 N.E.2d 311, 317 (1978), applied a comparable Massachusetts statutory provision to the precise word at issue here, thereby requiring that the statute be read to mean "persons" in a multi-defendant case so that the plaintiff's negligence was compared against the aggregate of all the defendants.
Rule Authority · Me. · 2 citations in this opinion
Courts construing modified comparative negligence statutes differ on the question whether the fault of the plaintiff should be compared with the combined fault of all defendants, e. g., Riddell v. Little, 253 Ark. 686, 688-89 , 488 S.W.2d 34, 36 (1972); Graci v. Damon, 78 Mass.App.Adv.Sh. 273, ___, 374 N.E.2d 311, 316-18 (interpreting Massachusetts statute prior to 1974 amendment), aff'd, 78 Mass.Adv.Sh. 3129, 383 N.E.2d 842 (1978) (rescript), or with the individual negligen…
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Rule Authority · Mass. Super. Ct.
Hurle's Case, 217 Mass. 223, 226 (1914); Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass.App.Ct. 160, 170 (1978).
Rule Authority · D. Mass.
See Wilcox v. Riverside Park Enterprises, Inc., 399 Mass. 533, 538 , 505 N.E.2d 526, 529 (1987) (“clarification resulting from [a] recodification ... of existing statutory material is a particularly suitable guide to the meaning of an earlier statutory provision”); Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. *56 App.Ct. 160, 170, 374 N.E.2d 311, 317 (1978) (In appropriate circumstances a court may resort to the subsequent act of a Legislature [to determine] legislative intent in a preexisting s…
In appropriate circumstances a court may resort to the subsequent act of a Legislature [to determine] legislative intent in a preexisting statute.
Rule Authority · Mass. App. Ct.
Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 170 (1978).
Rule Authority · Mass.
Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 166, aff’d 376 Mass. 927 (1978), quoting DeLuca v. Boston Elevated Ry., supra at 497.
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Rule Authority · Mass.
In Grad, supra at 169, the Appeals Court noted that in adopting G.
green Brennan v. Kos (1983)
Rule Authority · Mass. App. Ct. · signal: cf.
Cf. Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 166 (1978), and cases therein cited.
green Commonwealth v. Carter (1980)
Rule Authority · Mass. App. Ct.
L. c. 4, *620 § 6, lays down a rule of construction that “[w]ords importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things . . . .” See Grad v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 171 (1978), S.C., 376 Mass. 931 (1978).
Rule Authority · Mass. App. Ct.
The “Massachusetts Legislature did not accept [the Wisconsin rule] requiring contribution by joint tortfeasors in proportion to the degree of their negligence.” Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 169 (1978), S.C., 376 Mass. 931 (1978).
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Cited · Mass. App. Ct. · signal: see
See Grad v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 166 , S.C., 376 Mass. 931 (1978).
Cited (see also) · Mass. App. Ct. · signal: compare
Compare Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 170 (1978); Weston v. Maguire, 10 Mass. App. Ct. 540, 542 (1980).
Cited · Mass. · signal: see
See Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 169-170 , aff’d, 376 Mass. 931 (1978) (abolition of assumption of the risk is a substantive change in the law).
abolition of assumption of the risk is a substantive change in the law
Cited · N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. · signal: see
See, respectively, Graci v. Damon, 374 N.E. 2d 311 (Mass.Ct.App. 1978), aff'd 383 N.E. 2d 842 (Mass.Sup.Ct. 1978), and Riddell v. *289 Little, 253 Ark. 686 , 488 S.W. 2d 34 (Sup.Ct. 1972). [2] Of those states apparently still retaining statutory verbiage in the singular form, only Minnesota has elected to follow the original Wisconsin view.
green Saunders v. Goodman (1979)
Cited (see also) · Mass. App. Ct. · signal: compare
Compare Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160,164-165 (1978), S.C., 376 Mass. 931 (1978).
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Cited · Mass. · signal: see
See Graci v. Damon, 6 Mass. App. Ct. 160, 167-171 (1978).