Legal Opinion
Wheeler v. Boston Housing Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided January 25, 1993No. 91-P-901PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPorada, J.
After the plaintiff was shot in the arm during an exchange of gunfire between unknown persons on the rooftop and on the ground level parking area of a building owned by the defendant at 41 Franklin Hill Avenue in the Dorchester section of Boston, the plaintiff filed suit in the Superior Court against the defendant under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, G. L. c. 258. The plaintiff claimed the defendant was negligent in failing to provide adequate secur*37ity for persons lawfully on the premises. The defendant moved for summary judgment on the ground that the claim was barred by the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Elias Attallah, Violeta Lajam De Attallah, and the Conjugal Partnership They Comprise v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
- Harry Stoller & Co. v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Patrazza v. CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1986
- Ayala v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Brum v. Town of DartmouthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1998
- Barnett v. City of LynnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
- Alake v. City of BostonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- Greenwood v. Town of EastonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
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