Budri v. Town of West Springfield

This is an action of tort for a bodily injury alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on March 26, 1927, by reason of a defect in the sidewalk of a public way in the defendant town. The case was tried by a judge and a jury. The defendant moved that a verdict for it be directed. The motion was denied and the defendant excepted. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff.

By G. L. c. 84, § 15, a town is made liable for a bodily *20injury resulting to a person by reason of a defect in a way provided such defect “might have been remedied, by reasonable care and diligence” on the part of…