TINDOL v. BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY


396 Mass. 515 (1986)

487 N.E.2d 488

PATRICIA TINDOL & another vs. BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Hatem for Whitney, Atwood, Norcross Associates, Inc. & another.

James F. Freeley, Jr. (Philip E. Cleary with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & NOLAN, JJ.


NOLAN, J.

On December 23, 1976, the minor plaintiff was severely burned by excessively hot water furnished to a bathtub in an apartment in a housing development owned by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA). On January 16, 1979, the minor (born June 26, 1972) and her mother commenced this action.

The plaintiffs on November 23, 1984, filed a motion to amend by adding as defendants the architects and engineers on an adjoining project, a school. The plaintiffs...

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