5 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 1898–2007 0 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Riley v. DAVISON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.green2 sentences2007See also Riley v. Davison Const. Co., Inc., 381 Mass. 432 , 438 n.5 (1980) (purpose of the 1969 change in the law was to “ameliorate the harsh result of the contributory negligence rule and permit recovery by a plaintiff whose negligence was not greater than the negligence of the defendant”). 1985Co., 381 Mass. 432 , 438 n.5 (1980). | 1 | 3 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Clarke v. French
neutral
1 sentence1930Clarke v. French, 122 Mass. 419, 420 . | 1 | 1930–1930 |
Wall v. Platt
green
1 sentence1898It is possible that the law is stated too strongly in regard to the doctrine of contributory negligence in Wall v. Platt, 169 Mass. 398, 405 . | 1 | 1898–1898 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.