WESTORT v. HURLEY'S BOAT RENTAL, INC.


1984 Mass. App. Div. 197 (1984)

Joseph Westort vs. Hurley's Boat Rental, Inc.

Massachusetts Appellate Division, Western District.

August 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin M. Podolak for the plaintiff.

Joseph F. Killion for the defendant.

Present: McGuane, Dohoney & Larkin, JJ.


Larkin, J.

Plaintiff brought an action in tort, sounding in negligence, seeking to recover for serious injuries as a result of a fall from a canvass-covered wooden ramp leading to a boat dock preparatory to embarking on a fishing trip. The issues in the case are whether the defendant could be found to have exercised ownership or control over the assertedly negligently maintained ramp and, if so, whether the manner in which the ramp was monitored and maintained was...

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