Legal Opinion
Ford v. Boston Housing Authority
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 20, 2002No. 99-P-2126PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
In May, 1992, Dennis Ford (plaintiff) was injured while fleeing from a fire in an apartment building owned by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). At the time, he was visiting a friend who lived in the building. The friend’s young nephew *624had accidentally started the fire in a mattress. The friend asked the plaintiff to hold the door to the hallway open while he threw the mattress into the hallway and went back into his apartment to get water to douse the flames. When the friend returned, the mattress burst into flames and the plaintiff retreated, unable to return to the apartment. His path to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Whitney v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Harry Stoller & Co. v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
- Perry v. MedeirosMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Henderson v. D'ANNOLFO DODGE ELECTRICAL CONTRMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- Wheeler v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rodriguez v. WinikerMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2004
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- Barnes v. DePasqualeMassachusetts Superior Court · 2002
- Blanchard v. Society for the Preservation of New England AntiquitiesMassachusetts Superior Court · 2002
- Commonwealth v. JenkinsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
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