Foley v. Polaroid Corp.

Decided May 21, 1987. Francis Patrick O'Connor wrote the opinion for the court.

508 N.E.2d 72 · Cited 265 times

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• Bratt v. International Business MacHines Corp. · 467 N.E.2d 126
• Agis v. Howard Johnson Co. · 355 N.E.2d 315
• Beecy v. Pucciarelli · 441 N.E.2d 1035
• Richey v. American Automobile Association, Inc. · 406 N.E.2d 675
• Coblyn v. Kennedy's, Inc. · 268 N.E.2d 860
• Poirier v. Town of Plymouth · 372 N.E.2d 212
• Boyle v. Wenk · 392 N.E.2d 1053
• Hall v. May Department Stores Co. · 637 P.2d 126
• Hartmann v. Boston Herald-Traveler Corp. · 323 Mass. 56
• George v. Jordan Marsh Company · 268 N.E.2d 915
• Armano v. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston · 468 F. Supp. 674
• Smith v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. · 567 F. Supp. 1331
• Fortune v. National Cash Register Co. · 364 N.E.2d 1251
• Agarwal v. Johnson · 603 P.2d 58
• Rollins Environmental Services, Inc. v. Superior Court · 330 N.E.2d 814
• MBM Co., Inc. v. Counce · 596 S.W.2d 681
• Foley v. Polaroid Corp. · 413 N.E.2d 711
• State Rubbish Collectors Ass'n v. Siliznoff · 240 P.2d 282
• Raunela v. Hertz Corp. · 280 N.E.2d 179
• Commonwealth v. Bianco · 446 N.E.2d 1041
• Uloth v. City Tank Corp. · 384 N.E.2d 1188
• LaClair v. Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 393 N.E.2d 867
• McCone v. New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. · 471 N.E.2d 47
• Columbia Sussex Corp., Inc. v. Hay · 627 S.W.2d 270
• D'Annolfo v. Stoneham Housing Authority · 378 N.E.2d 971

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