337 Mass. 754 | Mass. | 1958
The plaintiff obtained a verdict in her action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by her when she fell crossing Main Street, Worcester, near the Worcester County Trust Company where at least one truck was standing within a roped off enclosure. The bill of exceptions presents the question whether the trial judge correctly denied the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.
There was evidence from which it could have been found that the plaintiff slipped on a piece of rope “brown and . . . about % inch thick” similar to the rope used to mark off
A verdict for the defendant should have been directed. Upon this record to find any connection between this defendant and the plaintiff’s injuries would be sheer conjecture. Burwick v. McClure, 318 Mass. 626, 630. See Marcus v. Griggs, Inc. 334 Mass. 139, 143.
Exceptions sustained.
Judgment for the defendant.