Domain v. Friendly Ice Cream Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1Opinion of the Court
Exceptions overruled. The plaintiff’s evidence went no further than to show that she fell on a “highly polished” floor; that she slipped and fell “when her heel hit something slippery” which she thought was wax as “she had hit wax before, and it seemed to her that it was wax because it was so fast.” There was no evidence of the presence at the place of the fall of any accumulation of any substance chargeable to the defendant’s negligence. The testimony of a heavy black streak on the sleeve and back of the plaintiff’s coat which “she would say . . . was grease” was not such evidence. Rosenthal…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ventromile v. Malden Electric Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Kay v. AudetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Rosenthal v. Central Garage of Lynn, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
- Young v. Food Fair, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1958
- Devery v. Stop & Shop, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
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