Michaels v. McCarthy

This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries arising out of an accident in a building numbered 90 Wareham Street, Boston, on October 31, 1955, between 6:25 and 6:45 a.m., when the plaintiff fell into an elevator shaft. The action comes here upon the plaintiff’s exception to the allowance of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. There was no error.

We summarize the evidence in its aspect most favorable to the plaintiff. The defendant was the owner of this building and on the day of the accident was the lessor and George Adams and his mother Pauline (since…