Case Name: Mary Calledare vs. Bernice G. Sawyer
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1967-03-31
Citations: 352 Mass. 769
Docket Number: 
Parties: Mary Calledare vs. Bernice G. Sawyer.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 352
Pages: 769–769

Head Matter:
Mary Calledare vs. Bernice G. Sawyer.
March 31, 1967.
Joseph J. Padellaro for the plaintiff.
Steven J. Cohen for the defendant.

Opinion:
The plaintiff, a paying guest, was hurt using a slide at a swimming pool owned by the defendant and maintained as a part of her lodge. In this action of tort alleging that her injuries were due to improper maintenance or to the unsafe condition of the pool, the judge directed a verdict for the defendant. There was no error. The plaintiff's own testimony was that she had never used a slide before, and that she slid down backwards in a sitting position and struck her head on the bottom of the pool. There was no evidence of the defendant's negligence.
Exceptions overruled.