Breen v. Boston Housing Authority
Breen v. Boston Housing Authority
Opinion of the Court
Exceptions overruled. In this action of tort the plaintiffs are a minor and his mother. The minor was injured as a result of a fall from a four foot chain link fence enclosing a grass covered area. The mother seeks consequential damages. The jury returned a verdict for each of the plaintiffs. The defendant’s exceptions are to the denial of a motion for directed verdicts, to the denial of one of its requests for instructions, and to certain portions of the judge’s charge to the jury. There was evidence that the father of the minor plaintiff was a tenant and together with his wife and four children occupied an apartment in the defendant’s Old Colony Housing Project in South Boston, Massachusetts; that the children used the area where the child was injured from the beginning of the tenancy. There was also testimony that there was a gate to this area, and toward the end of the day, while the children were within the enclosure,
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Joseph P. Breen, Jr., & another v. Boston Housing Authority
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- 1 case
- Status
- Published