Legal Opinion
Tariff v. S. S. Kresge Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1937PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The strongest case for the plaintiff upon any view of the evidence is this: The plaintiff, while in the defendant’s retail store in Springfield as a customer, sustained injuries by slipping in a puddle of water not far from the entrance. There had been a snowstorm, and there was slush on the sidewalk outside. The puddle was “approximately a foot or a foot and a half wide, very dirty, reddish in color and drying along its edges.” There was mud on the floor outside of the puddle and ice near it like that on the street. The puddle was at or near the cosmetics counter, at which employees of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- White v. MugarMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Foley v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1936
- Hudson v. F. W. Woodworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1931
- Seidenberg v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Labrie v. DonhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Correira v. Atlantic Amusement Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Uchman v. Polish National Home, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Beach v. S. S. Kresge Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- Moors v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Battista v. F. W. Woolworth Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
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