Sasso v. Town of Groton

Plaintiff Lawrence Sasso (“Sasso”) suffered injury when the trunk of a tree fell onto his motor vehicle as he was driving along Route 119 West, a state highway, in Groton, Massachusetts. The tree was located on the Town of Groton’s property, several feet behind a guardrail on the westbound side of the highway.

*616Sasso alleges the Town of Groton (Count I), the Groton Electric Light Department (“Groton Electric”) (Count II), the Massachusetts Highway Department (“MHD”) (Count III), and Continental Paving, Inc. (“Continental Paving”) (Count IV) negligently failed to prune or remove said tree,…