Legal Opinion
Magaw v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided November 22, 1985PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, C.J.
On Tuesday, June 19, 1979, between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m., Ann Magaw parked her car on Beale Street in Dorchester, intending to use the MBTA Ashmont station. As she approached the MBTA Beale Street pedestrian tunnel, she noticed a young man standing at the entrance. The tunnel, which was about twenty to twenty-five feet long, was open on both ends with about nine or ten steps leading into and out of it at either end. Magaw was about three feet into the tunnel when she noticed a tall young man coming toward her. She turned, and the young man she had seen outside was behind her. The two young men…
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