Case Name: Mary J. Therrien, administratrix, vs. William H. Bassett Company
Court: Massachusetts Appeals Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1977-05-19
Citations: 5 Mass. App. Ct. 826
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary J. Therrien, administratrix, vs. William H. Bassett Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 826–826

Head Matter:
Mary J. Therrien, administratrix, vs. William H. Bassett Company.
May 19, 1977.
John A. Derba, Jr., for the plaintiff.
Cortland A. Mathers for the defendant.

Opinion:
Nothing in the record indicates that it was within the scope of employment of one Pike, a night watchman-custodian, to furnish transportation to a customer who should leave his car for servicing at the garage operated by the defendant, the watchman's employer, about two hours before the garage should open for the day's business. The defendant's motions for directed verdicts were properly allowed. See Stewart v. Worcester Gas Light Co. 341 Mass. 425, 436437 (1960). Nothing in Konick v. Berke, Moore Co. Inc. 355 Mass. 463, 468 (1969), or in Pridgen v. Boston Housing Authy. 364 Mass. 696, 714-715, n.10 (1974), leads to a different result.
Judgment affirmed.