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SWEENEY v. BOSTON & MAINE RAILROAD

341 Mass. 357 (1960)

169 N.E.2d 875

GEORGIANNA M. SWEENEY vs. BOSTON AND MAINE RAILROAD (and eight companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

November 8, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seymour Weinstein, for the plaintiffs.

James C. Donnelly, Jr., (Edward F. O'Brien with him,) for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.

WHITTEMORE, J.

The plaintiffs were injured on the evening of February 24, 1956, when the defendant's special, thirteen car train, in which the plaintiffs, as part of a large party, were travelling from Worcester to Boston to see the Ice Follies, came to a sudden stop in the North Station yards with a resulting very severe jolt, "a terrific jerk," in the last two cars.

The jury answered to a special question that...

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