Legal Opinion
Reardon v. Parisi
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 16, 2005No. 03-P-1001PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDuffly, J.
In this tort action, the plaintiff, Joyce C. Reardon, alleges that the defendants’ negligence caused an unnatural accumulation of snow and ice to form on a private parking lot, resulting in her injuries when she slipped on the ice and fell as she traversed the lot on her way to work. A judge of the Superior Court allowed the defendants’ motion for summary judgment, and Reardon filed this appeal. We reverse.
1. Summary of facts and proceedings. “Ordinarily, summary *40judgment is not an appropriate means to resolve negligence cases, because usually the question of negligence is one of fact.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Attorney General v. BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Mounsey v. EllardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Field v. GowdyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1908
- Sullivan v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
- Aylward v. McCloskeyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
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3Cited by8 opinions
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