Lewis v. Rocco Realty Trust

On January 30, 2017, the plaintiff, Brian Lewis, filed a complaint alleging that, nearly three years earlier, he slipped and fell on ice that had accumulated in a parking lot owned by the defendant, Rocco Realty Trust (trust). Lewis claimed that the trust caused the fall because it negligently failed to inspect and maintain the property. The trust filed an answer asserting, among other defenses, that the complaint should be dismissed because Lewis failed to provide timely notice of his claim as required by G. L. c. 84, § 21. It then moved for judgment on the pleadings, see Mass. R. Civ. P. 12…