Kettleman v. Atkins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff at about four o’clock in the afternoon of December 30, 1914, when she had come out of the store of one Shapiro and was on the sidewalk at the comer of Lowell Street and Causeway Street in Boston, from being struck on the head and shoulder by a new piece of wood alleged to have fallen from a building in process of construction by reason of the negligence of a servant of the defendant at work on the building, which was…
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Tort for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff at about four o’clock in the afternoon of December 30, 1914, when she had come out of the store of one Shapiro and was on the sidewalk at the comer of Lowell Street and Causeway Street in Boston, from being struck on the head and shoulder by a new piece of wood alleged to have fallen from a building in process of construction by reason of the negligence of a servant of the defendant at work on the building, which was being erected by the defendant. Writ dated May 14, 1915. In the Superior Court the case was tried before Sanderson, J. The…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff while a traveller upon a highway in Boston known as Causeway Street, by reason of a piece of moulding, which was thrown or fell from a building in process of construction, striking her and causing the injuries complained of. The only question is whether there was any evidence to warrant the jury in finding that the plaintiff’s injuries were caused by the negligence of the defendant.
The defendant, who was called as a witness by the plaintiff, testified upon direct examination, in part, that his business was that of a…
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