Legal Opinion

Hansbury v. National Grid (USA), Inc.

Massachusetts Superior Court

Decided July 23, 2012No. WOCV201000640DPublished

1Opinion of the Court

Wrenn, Daniel M., J.

National Grid has filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that (1) Hansbury’s claims are barred by the Statute of Repose relating to actions of tort based on improvements to real property, (2) National Grid owed no duty of care to Hansbury, and (3) Hansbury’s claims are barred by the Recreational Use Statute. Summary judgment is a “device to make possible the prompt disposition of controversies on their *262merits without a trial, if in essence there is no real dispute as to the salient facts or if only a question of law is involved." Cassesso v. Comm’r of Corr., 390…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  2. Community National Bank v. DawesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  3. Cassesso v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  4. Flesner v. Technical Communications Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  5. Klein v. CatalanoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982

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