Whalen v. Shivek

Shortly after three o’clock on the afternoon of January 7, 1946, William B. Whalen, the plaintiff’s intestate, was killed when a number of large stone blocks, forming the parapet of a building, fell on him as he was walking along the sidewalk on Hancock Street in the DorChester section of Boston. His administratrix brings these actions against the owners of the building, Jennie Shivek and Jennie Vershbow (hereinafter called the owners); the tenant thereof, Modern Die & Machine Company (hereinafter called the tenant); and Rossano Construction Com-pony, Inc. (hereinafter called the contractor),…