Legal Opinion
Dunbar v. Ferrera Bros.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 28, 1940PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDonahue, J.
The plaintiff, a minor, two years of age, accompanied his mother to a grocery store conducted by the defendant in the neighborhood where the plaintiff lived. *91The mother went to the store to make a purchase. While in the store the plaintiff was injured when a stick, which was hanging on a shelf, fell and struck him on the head. The stick, which was referred to at the trial as a “reacher” or “reaching stick,” was used by employees of the defendant in taking packages and other merchandise from the upper shelves in the store. There was a verdict for the plaintiff and various exceptions taken by…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Sullivan v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
- Wallace v. LudwigMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- Rankin v. Brockton Public Market, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Navien v. CohenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Squires v. FraskaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
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3Cited by22 opinions
- LeBlanc v. Atlantic Building & Supply Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Woronka v. SewallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
- Denton v. Park Hotel, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1962
- McCabe v. Boston Consolidated Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1943
- Story v. Lyon Realty Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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