Boland v. Dolan

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

This appeal arises out of a slip-and-fall accident that occurred while plaintiff, Charles Boland, was a tenant in a three-family beach house owned by defendants, Peter and Judy Dolan. At the time of the accident, plaintiff was inside the vestibule of the house. As he walked into the vestibule with a clapboard and volleyball net in his hands, “something caught his foot and he slipped.” As a result of his fall, plaintiff suffered multiple fractures to his ankle.

Plaintiff sued defendants for negligently permitting a dangerous condition on…