COYNE v. JOHN S. TILLEY CO. INC.


2 Mass. App. Ct. 641 (1974)

318 N.E.2d 623

LEO COYNE vs. JOHN S. TILLEY CO., INC. (and a companion case).

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

November 5, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Murphy for the plaintiff.

James B. Dolan, Jr., for John S. Tilley Co., Inc.

John W. McCann for Lynn Ladder Co., Inc.

Present: ROSE, KEVILLE, & GOODMAN, JJ.


KEVILLE, J.

These are two actions of tort in which the plaintiff seeks to recover for personal injuries received in a fall from an aluminum stepladder caused by the collapse of one of its legs. The cases, one against the manufacturer2 and the other against the wholesaler,3 were consolidated and tried in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. At the close...

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