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WATERS v. BLACKSHEAR

412 Mass. 589 (1992)

591 N.E.2d 184

MAURICE WATERS & another vs. TIMOTHY BLACKSHEAR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

May 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine L. Lamondia for the plaintiffs.

Patricia A. Bobba for the defendant.

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

WILKINS, J.

On June 6, 1987, the minor defendant placed a firecracker in the left sneaker of the unsuspecting minor plaintiff Maurice Waters and lit the firecracker. Maurice, who was then seven years old, sustained burn injuries. The defendant, also a minor, was somewhat older than Maurice.3 The defendant had been lighting firecrackers for about ten minutes before the incident, not holding them but tossing

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