State Supreme Court / Mass.

Hoffman v. Howmedica, Inc.

Decided July 6, 1977. Paul J. Liacos wrote the opinion for the court.

364 N.E.2d 1215 · Cited 167 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Carter v. Yardley & Co. · 319 Mass. 92
Berry v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 309 N.E.2d 550
Commonwealth v. Gove · 320 N.E.2d 900
City Council of Waltham v. Vinciullo · 307 N.E.2d 316
Town of Hadley v. Town of Amherst · 360 N.E.2d 623
Madeline Haley & Another v. Allied Chemical Corp. · 231 N.E.2d 549

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