Legal Opinion
Mays v. Gamarnick
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 1950PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff fell while walking along that portion of a sidewalk which consisted of a driveway that adjoined a ramp leading up to the entrance of a garage which was in control and possession of the defendant. The defendant excepted to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict.
An examination of the evidence in the light most favorable to the plaintiff would warrant a jury in adopting the following version of the accident. The plaintiff, while returning from work in the early evening of December 13, 1945, stepped down from the sidewalk onto a driveway nine feet wide which crossed the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Hanlon v. City of WaterburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1928
- Agnew v. FranksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Inhabitants of Rockport v. Rockport Granite Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
- Nelson v. Economy Grocery Stores Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
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3Cited by12 opinions
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