WILKINS v. CITY OF HAVERHILL

No. SJC-11417.

468 Mass. 86 (2014)

MICHELLE WILKINS v. CITY OF HAVERHILL.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Finbury ( Gina T. Dussi with him) for the plaintiff.

John J. Davis ( Jason W. Crotty with him) for the defendant.

Stephen J. Finnegan , for Massachusetts Association of School Committees, Inc., amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

J. Michael Conley , Thomas R. Murphy , Alex G. Philipson , & Benjamin R. Zimmerman , for Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


DUFFLY, J.

Michelle Wilkins was injured when she slipped and fell on ice that had accumulated on the walkway of a public school owned and operated by the city of Haverhill (city). At the time of the fall, early in the evening of February 10, 2011, Wilkins was on the city's premises to attend a scheduled parent-teacher conference. Wilkins filed a complaint in the Superior Court against the city alleging that its negligence...

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