Legal Opinion
Proctor v. North Shore Community Arts Foundation
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 22, 1999No. 96-P-252PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This appeal amply demonstrates the old maxim — “Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong.” The question for this court thus becomes what ought to be done after excising the errors, which traverse a wide range of the civil procedure spectrum.
Bernice Proctor brought this action against the North Shore Community Arts Foundation (North Shore), Apex Products, Inc. (Apex), and Gold Star Wholesale Nursery, Inc. (Gold Star), and EMU, Inc., for personal injuries she suffered in July, 1987, prior to a concert at the North Shore Music Theatre while seated at a table with an umbrella when a sudden gust of…
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