Sheehan v. Roche Bros. Supermarkets, Inc.

After the plaintiff slipped and fell on a grape in a grocery store owned by the defendant, Roche Brothers Supermarkets, Inc., he filed a complaint seeking damages for the injuries resulting from the defendant’s alleged negligence. A Superior Court judge granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of the defendant, pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 56 (c), 365 Mass. 824 (1974). In doing so, the judge applied the “traditional approach” to premises liability and ruled that the plaintiff could not establish that the defendant had actual or constructive knowledge of the condition that caused the…