Legal Opinion
Bennett v. Cohen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 28, 1942PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff, while walking along a sidewalk in the shopping district of the city of Fall River, at about six o’clock on an October evening, stepped on a tomato and slipped and fell, receiving injury. The place of her fall was in front of a market owned and operated by the defendants. During the day the defendants maintained on the sidewalk several movable stands for the display and sale of fruit and vegetables. On the evening in question, employees of the defendants had removed certain stands from the sidewalk to the inside of the market six or seven minutes before the plaintiff came along.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bigwood v. Boston & Northern Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Rocha v. AlberMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Heina v. Broadway Fruit Market, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Agnew v. FranksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Beach v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Douglas v. WhittakerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Potter v. John Bean Division of Food Machinery & Chemical Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Brady v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Martin v. ReisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- Hanifin v. C & R Construction Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
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