Campbell v. Romanos

These are actions of tort based on negligence for personal injuries to Mrs. Shirley Campbell and to her children, Benjamin and Stephen, and for the conscious suffering and death of her child Patricia in a fire on February 18, 1958, in an apartment building owned by the defendant Romanos at 561 Columbus Avenue, Boston, where Mrs. Campbell was a tenant. The other defendant, Walker, was the janitor of the building at and before the time of the fire. There were verdicts for the plaintiffs on all counts which were submitted to the jury. The case comes to us on the defendants’ exceptions to the…