Legal Opinion
Pittore v. City of Boston
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided February 5, 1987PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Doyle, P..I.
This is an action pursuant to G.L. c.84, § 15 to recover damages lor personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in a fall on a public sidewalk in East Boston.
The sole issue for review is whether the plaintiff satisfied the statutory prerequisite to suit of timely, written notice of injury to the defendant-municipality as mandated by G.L. c.84, §§18, 19.
The material, reported evidence indicates that the plaintiff fell in a sidewalk declivity in front of her home on August 11. 1983. The plaintill did not lose consciousness at the time of her mishap and remained alert and…
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