Tallerico v. Labor Temple Assn.

GOOD, J. pro tem. *

In this action plaintiff recovered a judgment of $4,500 for damages allegedly incurred shortly after midnight when a chandelier fell and struck her while she was attending a New Year’s Eve party in the Boothe Room of defendant’s building that had been rented for the occasion by the Lawrence Massachusetts Club of San Jose, Inc., hereinafter referred to as the Club. Because the case concerns the applicability of res ipsa loquitur a detailed statement of facts is necessary to intelligibility of decision.

The plaintiff and her husband, though not members of the Club, attended…