Chandler v. Massa

I respectfully dissent. I do so because of my view that, upon the evidence admitted, a jury could properly find that defendant Joseph M. Massa created, and allowed to remain, a dangerous trap upon premises which he knew were customarily used as a way of ingress to and egress from his own place of business.

In finding the appropriate and decisive rule of law for this case, it is not necessary to become enmeshed in the complications of the respective duties of *566landlord and tenant, inter sese or to the public, in maintaining leased premises in a state of reasonable repair. Neither need the fine…