Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Citation
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Parent Document
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts (state)
- Effective Date
- 2005-08-12
- Original Source
- https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/8355893/gifford-v-sears/ ↗
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- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
- Gifford v. Sears, 19 Mass. L. Rptr. 716 (2005)
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819 charsIn two recent cases the courts have permitted these claims under a breach of warranty theory. In 1994, Judge Toomey denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the warranty claim and relied on Supreme Judicial Court cases which eliminated the common-law rule eradicating the distinction between licenses and invitees in connection with a landowner’s duty of care in negligence actions. Mitchell-Gionet v. Markowski, 1994 WL 878955, *2-4 (Mass.Super. Nov. 9, 1994). Relying heavily on Markowski, Judge Agnes permitted the plaintiff, who was a guest of the tenant’s, to pursue a claim for injuries allegedly resulting from a fall on the exterior steps of an apartment under a theory of breach of warranty of habitability. Ruiz v. Pelson Realty Trust, 2001 WL 810347, *2-4 (Mass.Super. April 9, 2004) (13 Mass. L. Rptr. 346).