Legal Opinion

Moreau v. Shaw's Supermarkets, Inc.

Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division

Decided June 1, 1994Published

1Opinion of the CourtWelsh, J.

This is a petition to establish defendant’s draft report.

The complaint alleges the plaintiff, while lawfully on the premises of the defendant, sustained personal injuries as a result of defendant’s negligence in failing to clean up and remove a broken jar of mustard on the floor of defendant’s supermarket.

The defendant’s answer denies negligence, denies that any of its agents or employees caused the broken bottle of mustard to be on the floor, and denies it knew or should have known of the foreign substance on the floor before the plaintiff’s fall.

The court found for the plaintiff in the sum…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Stevens v. United Artists Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
  2. Swanson v. Bankers LifeMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1982
  3. Falmouth National Bank v. BlackmonMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1993

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