Legal Opinion
Keough v. E. M. Loew's, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 27, 1939PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The defendant engaged the plaintiff, a dancer, “to render and produce ... a certain dancing act or specialty” at the defendant’s theatre. Upon the plaintiff’s arrival at the theatre she was assigned by the defendant to a dressing room in the basement. The plaintiff left some articles there,- went to the musicians’ room for a rehearsal, returned to the dressing room, and put on her costume and “make-up.” She contends that while trying out some dance steps on the concrete floor of the dressing room preparatory to going upon the stage, in stepping backward, her heel caught in a hole in the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Coombs v. New Bedford Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869
- Rooney v. Sewall & Day Cordage Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Crimmins v. BoothMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
- Cronan v. ArmitageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- McCafferty v. Lewando's French Dyeing & Cleansing Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Williams v. United Men's Shop, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Hannon v. Hayes-Bickford Lunch System, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
- Meehan v. GordonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Ronald A. Barrett v. Foster Grant Co., Inc., and Third-Party v. Transformer Service, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1971
- Zwick v. GoldbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
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