MORRISON v. LENNETT


415 Mass. 857 (1993)

616 N.E.2d 92

CAROL MORRISON, administratrix, vs. JUDITH LENNETT & others, trustees, (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Keith Partlow for the plaintiff.

Robert M. Payton for the defendants.

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


GREANEY, J.

The plaintiff is the administratrix of the estates of two persons who died in a fire on premises owned by O.U.R. Trust (trust), a so-called nominee trust, and occupied by Casa Myrna Vazquez, Inc. (C.M.V.), a charitable corporation formed pursuant to G.L.c. 180 (1990 ed.). C.M.V. operates a battered women's shelter on the premises. The plaintiff brought two actions in the Superior Court against numerous defendants, alleging negligence and gross negligence...

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