Monterosso v. Gaudette

Greaney,

J. The plaintiff fell and was injured in a landing off a common hallway located in a commercial building in Pittsfield leased by two stores, City Used Furniture and Eva’s Corsetorium. She brought actions in negligence 3 against City’s sole proprietor, Roland J. Gaudette, Eva Goodman, and the building’s owner, Elsie Huston. At the close of the evidence each of the defendants properly moved for a directed verdict under Mass. R.Civ.P. 50(a), 365 Mass. 814 (1974). The judge allowed Eva’s and Huston’s motions, denied Gaudette’s, and sent the case against Gaudette to the jury by questions…