GOLDSTEIN v. GONTARZ


364 Mass. 800 (1974)

309 N.E.2d 196

LOUIS GOLDSTEIN vs. THEODORE GONTARZ & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Lynch for the defendants.

J. Newton Esdaile for the plaintiff.

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


KAPLAN, J.

In this action for personal injuries in which the plaintiff Louis Goldstein recovered verdicts against the defendants, Yale Transport Corporation and its agent Theodore Gontarz, we hold that the judge did not err in denying the defendants' motions for directed verdicts, but that the judgments cannot stand because the plaintiff put irrelevant and prejudicial matter before the jury and the judge failed to take corrective action. We also discuss other points...

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