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O'Brien v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided October 24, 1924PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff. The evidence in its aspect most favorable to the plaintiff tended to show that, while descending stairs in a station of the defendant, in order to avoid an employee of the defendant sweeping the stairs, she stepped to the other side, and the sweeper “ stood so she would pass by — as she went down the third step . . . she felt her foot going from under *193her. . . . The surface of the step felt very slippery. . . . The front of the foot slipped right over a slippery substance.” There…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Goddard v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1901
  2. Norton v. HudnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
  3. O'Neill v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1924
  4. Hotenbrink v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
  5. Labrie v. DonhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mascary v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
  2. Seidenberg v. Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
  3. Bornstein v. R. H. White Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
  4. Livingston v. Friend Bros.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  5. Gaffney v. William Filene's Sons Co.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1938

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