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· 7/7/1988

Thorson v. Mandell

Citations

  • 525 N.E.2d 375
  • 402 Mass. 744
  • 1988 Mass. LEXIS 187

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • policy prohibiting certain uses of auditorium “was not an undertaking to render services for the protection of its users”
  • “The creation of a policy against gymnastics in the auditorium was not an undertaking to render services for the protection of its users.”
  • “The creation of a policy against gymnastics in the auditorium was not an undertaking to render services for the protection of its users”
  • “The creation of a policy against gymnastics in the auditorium was not an undertaking to render services for the protection of its users.”
  • potential danger of doing backflip on hard wood floor obvious as a matter of law and plaintiff made no claim that auditorium was not in a reasonably safe condition
  • “The YWCA did not assume any duty to Thorson nor did it undertake to render any services to her which the YWCA should have recognized as necessary for her protection”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Nolan, O'Connor

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