Jerauld v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

This is an action instituted in the Middlesex County Superior Court and subsequently remanded for trial to the Waltham Division of the District Court Department pursuant to the provisions of G.Lc. 231, §102C.

The action is one in negligence to recover for injuries sustained when the plaintiff fell from a rowing machine that was on display as a demonstration model at the defendant’s Burlington, Massachusetts store. After trial, the court found for the plaintiff, specifically finding that the defendant knew or should have known that the seat of the rowing machine was not secured to its…