Legal Opinion
Santos v. Bettencourt
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 23, 1996No. 94-P-300PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
The plaintiff brought this action in the Superior Court for injuries suffered on June 15, 1989, when a scaffold on which he was working collapsed. The scaffold had been erected at a single family house owned by the defendant, Francisco A. Meneses, by the plaintiff’s employers, the defendants Bettencourt, who had been engaged by Meneses to install a new roof.
Aside from several claims against the Bettencourts, the *91plaintiff’s complaint2 also contains a count alleging that the scaffold from which he fell was “unsafe [and] dangerous,” and “makeshift . . . consisting of two ladders with a plank…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- St. Germaine v. PendergastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Kenney v. Building CommissionerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Lindsey v. MassiosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- St. Germaine v. PendergastMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Haas v. BretonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Banushi v. DorfmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. ZubielMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Perlera v. Vining Disposal Service, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
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