Case Name: James J. Falanga vs. Consolidated Foods Corporation
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1969-07-10
Citations: 356 Mass. 722
Docket Number: 
Parties: James J. Falanga vs. Consolidated Foods Corporation.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 356
Pages: 722–722

Head Matter:
James J. Falanga vs. Consolidated Foods Corporation.
July 10, 1969.
The case was submitted on briefs.
Robert D. Callahan for the defendant.
Frank P. Hurley & Ralph H. Willard, Jr., for the plaintiff.

Opinion:
In this action of tort for personal injuries caused by the defendant's negligence there was a verdict for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted "to that portion of the charge in which the Court made reference to a suggestion that pain and suffering might be worth a dollar an hour." Detailed quotation from the charge would not be profitable. There are two answers to the defendant's contention. (1) The wording of the exception is not a fair construction of the judge's language. (2) Additional instructions, which were not the subject of exception, completely disposed of any conceivable erroneous interpretation.
Exceptions overruled.