Legal Opinion
Thurlow v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 27, 2000No. 98-P-255PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
In brief outline: The plaintiff, Carolyn L. Thur-low, appeared at about 11:45 p.m. on August 9, 1990, at the deli counter of the defendant Shaw’s Supermarket intending to proceed from there to the dairy section to purchase some milk. As she crossed in front of the fish department, she slipped and fell on a water-soaked rug in a puddle in front of a display case.2 That mishap caused a meniscal cartilage injury to her left knee and a shoulder strain.
The display case was a twelve-foot wide nonrefngerated unit *176in which various fish products lay in a bed of ice. Attached to the front of the case…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Oliveri v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Wallace v. LudwigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Deagle v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
- Knowles v. KlaseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1969
- Capitol Bank & Trust Co. v. RichmanMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Thorell v. ADAP, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
- Hale v. Building 19⅙Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2002
- Mongeon v. Arbella Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts Superior Court · 2004
- Morse v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2001
- Pagliarulo v. Arbella Mutual InsuranceMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2008
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