Legal Opinion
Crowell v. McCaffrey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 6, 1979PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBraucher, J.
The plaintiff was the tenant of the third-floor apartment in a three-family house in Dorchester owned by the defendant. He sued for damages suffered when the railing of the third-floor porch gave way. At the close of the plaintiffs case, the judge directed verdicts for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed from the resulting judgment, we allowed his application for direct appellate review, and we now reverse. We hold that there was a case for the jury on the theory that the defendant was negligent in maintaining an area left in his control. Alternatively, the«jury could find that the porch…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Mounsey v. EllardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Poirier v. Town of PlymouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Boston Housing Authority v. HemingwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Lantner v. CarsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Sargent v. RossSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1973
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Linthicum v. ArchambaultMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Simon v. SolomonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- MacCormack v. Boston Edison Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Young v. GarwackiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1980
- Doe v. New Bedford Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
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