Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. Baldwin
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 15, 1989No. 88-P-689PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPerretta, J.
General Laws c. 186, § 19, gives a tenant a right of action in tort against a landlord whose failure to correct an unsafe condition on the premises causes injury to the tenant. 3 More than three years after the tenant William Mahoney fell on a stairway in the common area of his apartment house, he and his wife brought this action in the Superior Court. Concluding that the claim was time barred by the three-year statute of limitations applicable to tort actions, G. L. c. 260, § 2A, the judge allowed the defendants’ motion for summary judgment. The sole question raised by the appeal from the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mounsey v. EllardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Commonwealth v. DeCotisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Young v. GarwackiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Commonwealth v. BakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Kenney v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Roberts v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1994
- McClellan v. Health Maintenace OrganizationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Hart v. GMAC Mortgage Corp. (In Re Hart)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2000
- Anderson v. Comcast, Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Turner v. LewisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
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