Martin v. Harry E. Dillon, Inc.

This is an action in tort brought on behalf of Jason Martin, a minor, who sustained a personal injury in consequence of the alleged negligent maintenance of the defendants’ business premises.

The reported evidence3 indicates that on June 3,1985, the then three year old Jason Martin, his mother, plaintiff Eileen Martin, and his aunt, Tiffany Ford, were walking on a public sidewalk in front of Dillon’s Liquor Store at 53-49 Union Street in Lynn, Massachusetts. As Jason brushed his hand across Dillon’s storefront, his middle, left finger was caught on a section of broken, open tile. The tip of…