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SULLIVAN v. HAMACHER

339 Mass. 190 (1959)

158 N.E.2d 301

GLORIA B. SULLIVAN, administratrix, vs. HARRY A. HAMACHER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

May 14, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertram A. Sugarman, (Edward J. Barshak with him,) for the defendant.

Thomas E. Cargill, Jr., for the plaintiff.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., RONAN, SPALDING, COUNIHAN, & CUTTER, JJ.

COUNIHAN, J.

This is an action of tort to recover damages for the death of the plaintiff's intestate, Gertrude V. Corbett, allegedly caused by a fall on February 7, 1954, due to the failure of the defendant to provide suitable lighting in a hallway on the second floor of a building owned by the defendant on Florence Street in Malden.1 The action was tried before a jury who returned a verdict...

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