LUCAS v. ALLEN


1997 Mass. App. Div. 9 (1997)

Robert T. Lucas, Jr. v. George W. Allen, and another

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Southern District.

February 3, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Epstein for the plaintiff.

John R. Bologna for the defendant.

Present: Aguiar, P.J., Welsh & Crimmins, JJ.


Aguiar, J.

This appeal raises the issue of whether a tortfeasor, who with a group of other wrongdoers attacks and beats another person, and who personally strikes and kicks the victim in the head and ribs, at the same time one or more other wrongdoers hits or kicks the victim in the eye, is jointly liable for the eye injuries suffered by the victim.

The plaintiff who is a firefighter employed by the Town of Foxborough was injured on Nov. 11, 1990 when, following...

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