Garand v. Worcester Housing Authority

Tucker, Richard T., J.

Doris Garand (Garand) brings this action against her landlord, Worcester Housing Authority (WHA), for negligence (Count One), breach of contract (Count Two), and breach of the implied warranty of habitability (Count Three). In February 2004, Garand slipped and fell on ice outside her apartment building, sustaining fractures to her hip, arm and wrist. Garand claims that WHA breached a duty of care to remove snow and ice from the path in a timely fashion, particularly in light of a lease term expressly providing for the “reasonably prompt removal of snow and ice from…