Legal Opinion
Reardon v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 31, 1942PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff, who had been a passenger in a subway train of the defendant, left it at a subway station, and, while walking along a passageway which provided access to the street, slipped and fell, receiving injury. At the close of the evidence introduced by the plaintiff, the judge in the Superior Court directed a verdict for the defendant.
The testimony of the plaintiff is here summarized. There was on the floor of the passageway, at the place where she fell, an area about four inches wide and about twenty-one inches long which was slippery, slimy, and wet. Two men helped her up and “sat…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- O'Neill v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
- Knowles v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Moors v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Sisson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Labrie v. DonhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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3Cited by11 opinions
- International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots, Atlantic & Gulf Maritime Region v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Commonwealth v. LucienMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Sharpe v. Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1988
- Commonwealth v. MorrisonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1973
- Pettie v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1996
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