McLEOD v. WHITE MOTOR CORP.


9 Mass. App. Ct. 132 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 890

STANLEY W. McLEOD & another vs. WHITE MOTOR CORPORATION.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 6, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Cornell for the defendant.

Cynthia J. Cohen (Philander S. Ratzkoff & Leo V. Boyle with her) for the plaintiffs.

John F. Finnerty & John F. Finnerty, Jr., for the Shawsheen Rubber Company, Inc., submitted a brief.

Present: GRANT, ARMSTRONG, & DREBEN, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

The plaintiff Stanley McLeod (McLeod) was severely burned when flammable naphtha he was delivering in a trailer hauled by diesel tractor manufactured by the defendant White Motor Corporation (White) ignited. The jury returned verdicts for McLeod and his wife on negligence counts against White,2 and judgments were entered for the plaintiffs. White appeals,3 claiming (1) that its motions for a directed...

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