Legal Opinion

Rufo v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided November 1, 1962Published

1Opinion of the Court

Order of Appellate Division vacating finding for the plaintiff and ordering judgment for the defendant affirmed. This is an action of tort to recover for injuries resulting from a fall in the defendant’s store due to having slipped on a foreign substance on the floor. The trial judge made a finding for the plaintiff. The case is here upon appeal from the order of the Appellate Division setting aside the finding of the trial judge and ordering judgment for the defendant. Without reciting the evidence, it is enough to say that “ [tjhere was nothing to show that . . . [the foreign substance] was…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Caro v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  2. Fitzgerald v. Cain's Lobster House, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
  3. Allen v. Albert Zallen Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960

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