Legal Opinion
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. v. Yanofsky
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1980PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant lessor (Yanofsky) from the denial of his motion for a directed verdict in an action brought against him in the Superior Court by the plaintiff lessee (A & P). A & P sought indemnification 1 from Yanofsky for a $20,000 payment it had made to one Marie E. Vahey, a customer of A & P, who suffered personal injuries when she slipped and fell on a puddle of water allegedly due to a leak in the roof of the store building leased to A & P by Yanofsky. The jury returned a verdict for A & P in the full amount sought. Yanofsky, both in his motion for directed verdict…
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