Legal Opinion
Polsinetti v. National Amusements, Inc.
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided September 22, 1997PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreco, J.
This is an action in tort against the operator of a movie theater to recover for personal injuries sustained by a patron who fell as she exited the theater. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff. The defendant filed this Dist./Mun. Cts. RADA, Rule 8C appeal on a charge of error in the trial court’s (1) denial of the defendant's Mass. R. Civ. R, Rule 41(b)(2) motion for involuntary dismissal made at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and renewed at the conclusion of trial, and (2) admission into evidence of hearsay statements of the defendant’s manager.
The trial judge made voluntary…
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