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6 Massachusetts opinions name it 3 courts 1907–2015 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 |
|---|---|---|
O'Sullivan v. Shawgreen2 sentences2007Id. at 207 . 2003O’Sullivan v. Shaw, supra at 205 (summary judgment properly entered for defendant pool owner, where injury resulted from plaintiff’s dive into shallow end of pool). | 1 | 2 |
Kavanagh v. Trustees of Boston Universitygreen1 sentence2015The judge rested his ruling in part on Kavanagh v. Trustees of Boston Univ., 440 Mass. 195, 196 (2003), in which a Boston University basketball player during an intercollegiate basketball game punched and broke the nose of an opposing player. | 1 | 1 |
Avila v. Citrus Community College Districtgreen1 sentence2015Cf. Avila v. Citrus Community College Dist., 38 Cal. 4th 148, 161-162 (2006) (despite doctrine of assumption of risk, “the host school and its agents owe a duty to home and visiting players alike to . . . not increase the risks inherent in the sport”). | 1 | 1 |
Lyon v. Morphewgreen1 sentence2000See, e.g., Lyon v. Morphew, supra; Thorson v. Mandell, supra; Toubiana v. Priestly, supra; Young v. Atlantic Richfield Co., supra; Polak v. Whitney, supra at 354 . | 1 | 1 |
Hietala v. Boston & Albany Railroadgreen1 sentence1986Similar language was used in discussing “assumption of the risk,” see e.g., Hietala v. Boston & A.R.R., 295 Mass. 186, 189-190 (1936), and the discussion in Correia merely reflects that unreasonable use which bars an action for breach of warranty, like the doctrine of assumption of risk, rests upon several “familiar common law principles.” Hietala at 190 . | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Thorson v. Mandell
green
1 sentence2000See, e.g., Lyon v. Morphew, supra; Thorson v. Mandell, supra; Toubiana v. Priestly, supra; Young v. Atlantic Richfield Co., supra; Polak v. Whitney, supra at 354 . | 1 | 2000–2000 |
Polak v. Whitney
green
1 sentence2000See, e.g., Lyon v. Morphew, supra; Thorson v. Mandell, supra; Toubiana v. Priestly, supra; Young v. Atlantic Richfield Co., supra; Polak v. Whitney, supra at 354 . | 1 | 2000–2000 |
Toubiana v. Priestly
green
1 sentence2000See, e.g., Lyon v. Morphew, supra; Thorson v. Mandell, supra; Toubiana v. Priestly, supra; Young v. Atlantic Richfield Co., supra; Polak v. Whitney, supra at 354 . | 1 | 2000–2000 |
Kendall v. City of Boston
neutral
1 sentence1907Kendall v. Boston, 118 Mass. 234 , also relied upon by the defendant, is distinguishable on the ground that there were many other persons in the vicinity and it was not shown that the act of some of these may not have caused the harm. | 1 | 1907–1907 |
Hofnauer v. R. H. White Co.
neutral
1 sentence1907White Co. 186 Mass. 47 , was rested on the doctrine of assumption of risk. | 1 | 1907–1907 |
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.