Legal Opinion
Poirier v. Town of Plymouth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 10, 1978PublishedCited by 231 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The plaintiff was an employee of an independent contractor engaged by the town of Plymouth (defendant) to paint the defendant’s water tank. The plaintiff was climbing the tank on a stationary ladder affixed to one of its supporting legs and was thrown about thirty-five feet to the ground while attempting to continue his climb by going up onto a second ladder suspended from the top of the tank. The plaintiff brought this action of tort and had verdict and judgment for $60,000 on the trial judge’s charge that the defendant “owed him the same duty it owed its own employees — to disclose hidden…
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