Legal Opinion
Estabrook v. City of Somerville
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided March 11, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sherman, RJ.
This is a G.L.c. 84, §15 action to recover for injuries sustained by plaintiff Margaret Estabrook in a fall on a defective sidewalk maintained by the defendant, City of Somerville. The trial court allowed the defendant’s motion for summary judgment, and the plaintiff filed this Dist./Mun. Cts. RA.D A., Rule 8A appeal.
The parties’ Dist./Mun. Cts. R. Civ. E, Rule 56 materials indicate that on July 23, 1992, the plaintiff was injured when the sidewalk in question collapsed and she fell into an open sewer drain. The plaintiff commenced this action in August, 1994 to recover for the…
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