FLOOD v. SOUTHLAND CORP.


416 Mass. 62 (1993)

616 N.E.2d 1068

DAVID FLOOD vs. SOUTHLAND CORPORATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Burns (John J. McGivney with him) for Southland Corporation.

Edward M. Swartz (Alan L. Cantor with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

The plaintiff sustained serious injuries one night in August, 1979, when the defendant John Darcy stabbed him outside a Wakefield 7-Eleven store operated by the corporate defendant (Southland). Because of several prejudicial rulings of the trial judge, the Appeals Court vacated the judgment that the plaintiff had obtained against Southland and Darcy and remanded the case for a new trial on liability only. Flood v. Southland Corp.,

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