Legal Opinion
DiAngelo v. United Markets Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 1, 1946PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
This is an action of tort -for negligence by a customer against a store owner to recover for. injuries due to slipping on a substance on the floor. The jury found for the plaintiff. The defendant’s exceptions relate to the admission of evidence, to the denial of a motion for a directed verdict, and to the charge.
*145On Saturday, February 6,1943, at some time after 11 a.m. the plaintiff, who had made a purchase in the defendant’s store in Boston, started toward a side door leading to Blackstone Street. To do so it was necessary to walk up a ramp connecting the floor of the rear of the store with…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- White v. MugarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Robbins v. Springfield Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- Freeman v. United Fruit Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Commonwealth v. ParrottaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Oliveri v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Kerr v. PalmieriMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1950
- Thornton v. First National Stores, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Foley v. Hotel Touraine Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
- Leary v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
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