Reardon v. Baker

The plaintiff, a boy nine years of age at the time, fell from the shingled steep roof of a shed in the backyard of the house in which his family lived as a tenant of the defendants who also lived in the house. The boy was hurt when his arm came in contact with a broken windowpane in a storm window that rested against the side of the shed. According to the testimony of the boy’s parents it had been there for about two years. The boy’s mother testified that she had asked that it be removed. It was undisputed that the boy’s parents had repeatedly told him not to play on the roof of the shed and…