McLeod v. Rawson
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries, sustained by the plaintiff on August 4,1908, while the plaintiff was engaged in the performance of her duties as a professional nurse in attendance upon the defendant’s husband at the residence of the defendant and her husband in Arlington, and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in failing to keep an electric light turned on in the night time so that the plaintiff could pass safely along an upper hallway, by reason of…
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Tort for personal injuries, sustained by the plaintiff on August 4,1908, while the plaintiff was engaged in the performance of her duties as a professional nurse in attendance upon the defendant’s husband at the residence of the defendant and her husband in Arlington, and alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant in failing to keep an electric light turned on in the night time so that the plaintiff could pass safely along an upper hallway, by reason of which the plaintiff in the darkness fell down a flight of stairs and suffered the injuries sued for. Writ dated February…
1Opinion of the CourtDe Courcy, J.
It was incumbent on the plaintiff to show that her injury was due to some undischarged duty that the defendant owed to her. The house in which the accident occurred was not owned or controlled by the defendant, but' by Warren W. Rawson her husband, since deceased; and the plaintiff was called to the premises by his physician. There was no invitation, express or implied, extended to her by the defendant, and no relation existed between them that imposed upon the defendant a duty of keeping the premises reasonably safe for the plaintiff. The cases cited, such as those involving the duty of a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gill v. MiddletonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Gordon v. CummingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1890
- Marston v. ReynoldsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Faxon v. ButlerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1910
- Toland v. Paine Furniture Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
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- Gallagher v. MurphyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
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