Slonimsky v. City of Springfield

This is an action of tort under G. L. c. 84, § 15 to recover for personal injuries received by the plaintiff by reason of falling in the defendant city, upon a public sidewalk on which snow and ice had accumulated. The answer is a general denial; an allegation that the plaintiff’s accident was due to her own lack of due care; that the locus of the accident was not a part of the public way and a demand that the plaintiff prove that her injuries were received on a public way.

There was a finding for the plaintiff in the sum of $4,000.00. The defendant stipulated prior to trial that it would…