REIL v. LOWELL GAS CO.


353 Mass. 120 (1967)

228 N.E.2d 707

LOUIS D. REIL, JR. vs. LOWELL GAS COMPANY (and four companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

July 7, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Acheson H. Callaghan, Jr. (Paul J. Dolan with him) for the defendant.

Raymond J. Kenney, Jr. (Clement McCarthy with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

The five plaintiffs had verdicts for personal injuries sustained in an explosion, or explosions, followed immediately by a fire, on March 6, 1961, on premises of Louis O. Beede & Sons, Inc. (Beede) in Lowell wherein sawdust and wood flour were manufactured, stored, and packaged for sale. The defendant excepted to rulings on evidence, denial of motions to strike the auditor's report or parts of it, the failure to direct verdicts for the defendant...

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