Legal Opinion
MacGillivray v. First National Stores, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 5, 1951PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, J.
This is' an action of tort for personal injuries received on October 4, 1941, from a fall down a stairway in the defendant’s store on Medford Street, Somerville. The plaintiff has excepted to the entry by the judge of a verdict for the defendant after the jury had returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and to the exclusion of certain evidence. The plaintiff was a customer in the store. It was a warm morning and she carried her coat on her arm. She approached a clerk who was standing by the cash register near the rear of the store and said to him, “I’m going to leave my coat here. All right? ”…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kelley v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Brosnan v. KoufmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Cowen v. KirbyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1902
- McNamara v. MacLeanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Giacomuzzi v. KleinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Greenfield v. FreedmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1952
- Milton M. Levin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
- Smith v. August A. Busch Co. of Massachusetts, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Fedorowicz v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1998
- Bell v. Market Basket Stores, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1955
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