Legal Opinion
Flanders v. Pailey
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 1, 1947PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRonan, J.
The plaintiff Esther Flanders (hereinafter called the plaintiff), on the occasion of her twentieth visit to the defendant’s place of business to which she had gone for slenderizing treatments, was injured as she was leaning down to grasp the handles of a roller machine in order to get onto the machine, her foot having caught in an electric cord causing her to be thrown against the wall. The other plaintiff, her husband, seeks consequential damages. The judge, subject to the exceptions of the plaintiffs, directed verdicts for the defendant.
The machine was of simple construction. It consisted…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Kelley v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- Brooks v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
- O'Hanley v. NorwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Adriance v. Henry Duncan Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Parker v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- LeBlanc v. Atlantic Building & Supply Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Marcus v. Griggs, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
- New York Central Railroad Company v. Frederick MoynihanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
- Rainka v. Kon ShingMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2000
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