Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Fox Hill Village Homeowners Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 6, 1997PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The plaintiff appeals from summary judgment for the defendant entered in her claim for damages arising from a slip and fall caused by an icy condition on property under the control of the defendant. We transferred the case here on our own motion and now affirm the judgment.
The following facts are not in dispute for the purposes of summary judgment. The defendant is a tenant of property used as a retirement community in Westwood. Its lease states in part:
*366“Tenant agrees to be solely responsible for maintaining the Premises and the Improvements and each and every part thereof in good condition…
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