Krohn v. Wildfeuer

This action in tort was instituted in the Cambridge Division of the District Court Department. The plaintiff has appealed the amount of damages awarded him upon a default judgment and the trial court’s refusal to rule upon his Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. P., Rule 56 motion for summaryjudgment after the entry of default.

The facts are quickly stated and, as indicated, uncontested. Plaintiff Kenneth Krohn alleged in his complaint that he befriended and took into his home defendant Olga Wildfeuer, a foreign student who at the time had just arrived in the area to pursue her medical studies. The…