Legal Opinion
Alter v. City of Newton
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 16, 1993No. 91-P-1336PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDreben, J.
On May 12, 1988, while sitting in an area of the schoolyard known as “the mall,” Greta Alter, a freshman at Newton North High School, was hit in the eye by a lacrosse ball. The accident occurred at 4:00 p.m., during practice by the lacrosse team. Greta had just finished her track practice and was waiting with a classmate for her father to take her home. After the accident, the city erected a fence between “the mall” and the goal end of the lacrosse field.
Alleging negligence on the part of the city in failing to take reasonable precautions to protect her from the hazard of lacrosse balls,…
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