Legal Opinion

Spack v. Longwood Apartments, Inc.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 5, 1959PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.

The plaintiff, a daughter of a tenant of the defendant, was injured on March 8, 1955, as a result of a fall on a patch of ice on the sidewalk in front of steps leading to an apartment house owned by the defendant. The ice was on a “patch area” which was about an inch below the macadam. on the sidewalk and was contiguous to the steps. The apartment occupied by the plaintiff’s father (hereinafter called Spack) was one of thirty-six apartments. A walk ran from the apartment house to a flight of stone steps which in turn led to the sidewalk where the plaintiff fell. Spack, with whom the plaintiff…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Nash v. WebberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
  2. Bell v. SiegelMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
  3. Miller v. BerkMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
  4. McNeill v. Home Savings BankMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Chisolm v. StephensAppellate Court of Illinois · 1977
  2. Langley Park Apartments, SEC. H., Inc. v. LundCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
  3. Burke v. City of ChicagoAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
  4. Baldassari v. Produce Terminal Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  5. Kilbury v. McConnellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1969

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