Legal Opinion
Luoni v. Berube
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 15, 2000PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
We granted the plaintiff’s application for direct appellate review to decide whether, under common-law negligence principles, liability could be fastened on the defendants, social hosts, when the plaintiff, a guest at the defendants’ Fourth of July party, was injured as the result of fireworks brought to the party and set off by other guests. We agree with the decision of a judge in the Superior Court, reached on a summary judgment record, that the defendants are not liable as matter of law. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment for the defendants.
We set forth the undisputed material facts, as…
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