Legal Opinion

Fields v. Oberstein

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 28, 1964PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Exceptions overruled. This is an action of tort to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the minor plaintiff, Robert, on May 24, 1957, in the defendant’s nursery. At the time of the accident Robert was four years and four months old. He was found “lying beside the slide.” It was described as “a regular slide that one usually finds in playgrounds.” We have examined the record and are satisfied that the evidence was insufficient to remove the cause of the accident from conjecture. The evidence was also insufficient to prove that supervision or lack of…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Sullivan v. HamacherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Rommel v. Louisville Shopping Center, Inc.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1968
  2. Giannos v. PortnovMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1974
  3. Marmen v. Peoples Supermarket of New Bedford, Inc.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1965

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