Legal Opinion
Pettie v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided March 11, 1996PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFurnari, J.
This is an action in tort to recover for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall in the defendant’s supermarket. The trial court entered judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $8,000.00, and the defendant appealed to this Division pursuant to Dist./Mun. Cts. RADA, Rule 8C.
The record indicates that at the time of the incident on October 20,1989, it had been raining steadily for three days. As the plaintiff entered the defendant’s market, she observed that the floor was soaking wet and appeared to be slippery, but that there were no mats or warning signs of any kind. The…
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- Correira v. Atlantic Amusement Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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