Bragdon v. Dinsmore’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently December 1994
6 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Massaletti v. Fitzroy · Comeau v. Comeau · Lyttle v. Monto · Ruel v. Langelier · Fone v. Elloian
Most-quoted passages
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“"There was evidence that on October 4, 1941, the defendant drove his automobile to the plaintiff's home where the latter and his wife entered the vehicle. By prearrangement, they and the defendant were to attend a beano party, to be held in Eagles Lodge Hall on West Street, Haverhill. It was the intention of all three `to attend the beano game in the afternoon, have supper together, and then to go home in the defendant's car. It was a social occasion. Each * * * was to pay his own cost for playing beano and eating supper.' Arriving at a parking area on West Street adjacent to the `Lodge Hall,' the defendant started to park his vehicle in a space between two other parked automobiles. He had some difficulty in so doing and `went forward and backed up a couple of times, but could not get in.' The plaintiff said, `Do you want me to help you?' and the defendant said `Yes.' The plaintiff then `got out and went around to the front of the car.' As he stood, with his face toward the front of the defendant's vehicle and with his back to one of the parked automobiles, the defendant `who was stopped about four or five feet away from the plaintiff, suddenly shot forward and pinned the plaintiff to the rear of * * * (a) parked car,' causing the injuries complained of. `There was evidence the defendant was negligent' and that his negligence caused the plaintiff's injuries. "The judge granted all of the plaintiff's requests for rulings to the effect, so far as here material, that the `host a”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“necessarily incidental to the accomplishment of the gratuitous undertaking, in order to carry out its prearranged purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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