Legal Opinion

Pecorelli v. City of Worcester

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 26, 1940PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.

This is an action of tort to recover for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on or about February 1, 1934, when she fell on a public way where there was an accumulation of snow and ice. We assume, without deciding, that it could have been found that a defect existed at the place where she fell and that it was the cause, in part, of her injuries, and that an alleged notice of the time, place and cause of the injury was given seasonably. It is agreed that the defendant did not send any notice to the plaintiff that her alleged notice was defective. See G. L. (Ter.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Newton v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1899
  2. Brown v. Town of WinthropMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
  3. Crowell v. City of MaldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1930
  4. Tobin v. Inhabitants of BrimfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
  5. Merrill v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1933

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. City of SpringfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
  2. Elwell v. Town of AtholMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
  3. Murphy v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
  4. Ajamian v. Town of WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
  5. Nelson v. City of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1942

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