GILHOOLEY v. STAR MARKET CO.


400 Mass. 205 (1987)

508 N.E.2d 609

WILLIAM A. GILHOOLEY vs. STAR MARKET COMPANY, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. McGloin for the plaintiff.

Francis E. Sullivan for the defendant.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


O'CONNOR, J.

In this tort action, the plaintiff alleges that, due to the defendant's negligence, he sustained personal injuries from slipping on a green pepper in the defendant's supermarket. By a special verdict, the jury found that the defendant had not been negligent. Accordingly, judgment entered for the defendant. On appeal to the Appeals Court, the plaintiff claimed that the judge's instructions to the jury were erroneous because they focused exclusively on...

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