BRIDGES v. BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY


342 Mass. 207 (1961)

172 N.E.2d 838

HAROLD BRIDGES & another vs. BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. O'Brien, for the defendant.

Robert P. Malone, for the plaintiffs, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WHITTEMORE, CUTTER, & KIRK, JJ.


KIRK, J.

The two minor plaintiffs (hereinafter called plaintiffs) were injured when struck in the face by a hot, black, tarlike substance which, coincidental with an explosion, came from an incinerator under the control of the defendant at one of its housing units.

The judge found for the plaintiffs. The defendant claimed a report to the Appellate Division and a consolidated report was dismissed. The case is before us on the defendant's appeals from the order...

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