Legal Opinion
Shinkwin v. H. L. Green Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 28, 1945PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
The sole question in this case is whether the judge erred in directing a verdict for the defendant on the plaintiff’s opening. These alleged facts were stated: While the plaintiff was leaving the defendant’s store where she had been for the purpose of making a purchase, she stepped over the threshold onto the top step, which was one of three that led to the sidewalk, and as she did so she slipped and fell. This step, which was two and one half to three feet wide, was made of “two different compositions”; about two thirds was a mosaic consisting of little blocks of hard stone; the rest “out to…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Crone v. Jordan Marsh Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Kitchen v. Women's City ClubMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1929
- Kay v. AudetMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1940
- Cromarty v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1879
- Rosenthal v. Central Garage of Lynn, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1932
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Leonard v. LeeCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1948
- Grace v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1948
- Lapierre v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1957
- Di Noto v. Gilchrist Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1955
- Hall v. Waltham Post No. 156, American Legion Housing Corp.Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1998
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