Legal Opinion
Prophete v. Polynice
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided June 28, 2000PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
This is an action in negligence to recover for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff in a fall on the exterior front stairs of a building owned and controlled by the defendant. The trial judge allowed the defendant’s motion for involuntary dismissal at the close of the plaintiffs evidence, and the plaintiff has appealed that ruling pursuant to Dist./Mun. Cts. R. A. D. A., Rule 8C.
At the time of her accident, the plaintiff had been living for about eight months with her nephew in an apartment he rented from the defendant at 90 Norfolk Street, Cambridge, Mass. The plaintiff had…
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