Davis v. City of Worcester

Defendant City of Worcester seeks review in the Appellate Division of a trial court’s finding and judgment awarding plaintiff Shirley Davis $5,000. The defendant’s initial claim of report presented four “questions”:

1. Whether the District Court erred in finding that the claimed defect was located within the public way, as opposed to being located on private property owned by plaintiff’s parents.

2. Whether the District Court was required to state the subsidiary facts it found which made inapplicable the city’s requests on the issues of the claimed defect’s sole causation and of plaintiff’s…