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GOREHAM v. MARTINS

SJC-12761.

485 Mass. 54 (2020)

ROBERT GOREHAM v. JOSE C. MARTINS & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

June 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Muggeo ( Jared J. Muggeo also present) for the plaintiff.

Peter C. Kober for the defendants.

Christine A. Knipper & Timothy P. Whooley , for Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Martin J. Rooney , for Boston Housing Authority, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

The plaintiff, Robert Goreham (tenant), was the second-floor tenant of a three-family home in Salem (premises) owned by the defendants Rose and Jose Martins (landlords).2 In the winter of 2010, the tenant slipped and fell on ice in the driveway adjacent to the premises, severely injuring himself. He brought...

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