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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

McAllister v. Boston Housing Authority, 429 Mass. 300 (1999)

Citation
McAllister v. Boston Housing Authority, 429 Mass. 300 (1999)
Parent Document
McAllister v. Boston Housing Authority, 429 Mass. 300 (1999)
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts (state)
Effective Date
1999-04-08

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We reject the plaintiff’s contention that she is entitled to a new trial based on her claims that the defendant violated the lease1 and the covenant of quiet enjoyment, G. L. c. 186, § 14. Negligence is a prerequisite for recovery under both theories. See Al-Ziab v. Mourgis, 424 Mass. 847, 850 (1997) (showing of negligence is required for recovery under quiet enjoyment statute); Anderson v. Fox Hill Village Homeowners Corp., 424 Mass. 365, 367 (1997) (“a landlord, who agrees in a lease to remove snow and ice and negligently fails to perform that duty *302may be liable to his tenant”); Carey v. Malley, 327 Mass. 189, 193 (1951). The jury’s determination that the defendant was not negligent precludes the possibility that the directed verdicts on these claims constitute a basis for a new trial. Both the lease and the State code provisions merely restated a duty which the defendant acknowledged. We turn now to issues arising from the trial.