Krejmas v. Cumberland Farms Dairy Stores, Inc.

There was evidence from which the jury could find that the plaintiff slipped and fell on ice or snow which the defendant had negligently permitted to accumulate in the recessed entrance way to its store. The defendant was responsible for maintaining the entrance way in a reasonably safe condition for visitors’ use. Schallinger v. Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co. 334 Mass. 386, 390 (1956). Whether because the entrance way was within the scope of the original declaration (the “defendant’s sidewalk”) or because there was no abuse of discretion in allowing the amendment to the declaration (compare…