LYON v. MORPHEW


424 Mass. 828 (1997)

JOHN LYON v. MICHAEL MORPHEW & others (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 5, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Mone (Patricia L. Kelly & Kathryn Hand with him) for John Lyon.

Raymond J. Kenney, Jr. (Gail L. Anderson with him) for Michael Morphew & others.

Thomas R. Kiley, for Professional Liability Foundation, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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


LYNCH, J.

The plaintiff seeks to recover for injuries he sustained when he fell from the roof of a building owned by Brigham and Women's Hospital (hospital). Approximately one year prior to the accident, the roof had a safety railing, but it was removed by the hospital's engineering department. Among those named in the amended complaint are the hospital's director and assistant director of the engineering department at the time of the accident and the individuals...

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