Whittaker v. Saraceno

On March 24, 1984, the plaintiff was a freelance editorial assistant for a publishing company which leased a portion of a building owned by the defendant in an office park in Newton. On that day, a Sunday, the plaintiff drove to the office park at approximately 8 p.m., and let herself into the building with a key which the jury were warranted in finding that she was entitled to have. While she was attempting to unlock a door to the publishing company’s office, an assailant, who was never identified, came up behind her, threatened her, blindfolded her, and took her to the basement of the…