Legal Opinion

Scalzilli v. Steuben Restaurant, Inc.

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided November 8, 1957No. 414625Published

1Opinion of the CourtBarron, J.

The plaintiffs are husband and wife. The wife’s action is for personal injury sustained in the defendant’s restaurant as the result of slipping on the floor. The husband’s action is for consequential damages.

There was evidence that the plaintiff went into *23the defendant’s restaurant for the purpose of having dinner there; that she waited some time at the entrance, as the restaurant was crowded, but after waiting near the entrance for about five minutes a man wearing a dark suit beckoned to the plaintiff and her daughter to come on; he was then about ten feet away; there was nobody between this…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Hanna v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
  2. Beach v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  3. Italian Discount & Trust Co. v. HershmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928

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