Bandanza v. Town of Norwood

After the plaintiffs’ opening statement in this action of tort for personal injuries and consequential damages, the judge directed a verdict for the defendant on each of four counts in the declaration, and the plaintiffs excepted. The claim is that the defendant’s contractor excavated a street to lay water pipes, that the defendant put gravel over the excavated area, that over a six months’ period stones and gravel were strewn over adjacent sidewalks and lawns, and that a boy in the neighborhood picked up a stone and threw it, permanently impairing the sight of the left eye of the five year…