MAHONEY v. BALDWIN

No. 88-P-689.

27 Mass. App. Ct. 778 (1989)

543 N.E.2d 435

WILLIAM MAHONEY, JR., & another vs. GEORGE W. BALDWIN & another, trustees.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian E. Concannon for the plaintiffs.

Mark S. Shuman for the defendants.

Present: PERRETTA, WARNER, & FINE, JJ.


PERRETTA, J.

General Laws c. 186, § 19, gives a tenant a right of action in tort against a landlord whose failure to correct an unsafe condition on the premises causes injury to the tenant.3 More than three years after the tenant William Mahoney fell on a stairway in the common area of his apartment house, he and his wife brought this action in the Superior Court. Concluding that...

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