ALHOLM v. WAREHAM


371 Mass. 621 (1976)

358 N.E.2d 788

MARY V. ALHOLM vs. TOWN OF WAREHAM & others (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

December 31, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mario Misci, for Mary V. Alholm, submitted a brief.

Charles R. Desmarais, for the town of Wareham.

William J. Dailey, Jr., for Albert Guidaboni & others, submitted a brief.

William J. Fenton, Frederick C. Campbell, & William J. Dailey, Jr., for Andrew Barrs & another, submitted a brief.

David D. Leahy, for David L. Jackson, & Robert J. Reynolds, for John F. Sylvia, Jr., submitted a brief.

Philander S. Ratzkoff, James F. Meehan, & Richard L. Neumeier, for H.P. Hood, Inc. & another, submitted a brief.

William G. Burke, for Alfred W. Johnson, submitted a brief.

Chris Byron & Richard P. Schaefer, for Everett R. Olson, submitted a brief.

Joseph F. Hodapp, for Robert D. Reed, submitted a brief.

Martin S. Cosgrove, for Frederick Tanous, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


HENNESSEY, C.J.

These cases arise out of a multicar accident which occurred on April 28, 1971, on the eastbound portion of Route 25 in Wareham, Massachusetts. The cases were tried to a jury in the Superior Court. At the close of the plaintiffs' evidence with respect to liability, the trial judge granted motions for directed verdicts as to all defendants in all cases. The plaintiff Mary V. Alholm, a passenger in one of the vehicles involved in the accident, brought...

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