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THORSON v. MANDELL

402 Mass. 744 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 375

LISA THORSON vs. HERB MANDELL & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David D. Dowd (Richard T. Corbett with him) for Boston Young Women's Christian Association.

John P. Ryan for Herb Mandell.

R. Daniel Prentiss of Rhode Island for the plaintiff.

Nonnie S. Burnes & Marc Goodheart, for Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

WILKINS, J.

Lisa Thorson was seriously injured when she fell on the premises of the defendant Boston Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) while attempting a backflip with her dance partner during a rehearsal of a play that the defendant Mandell was producing and directing. A jury returned a substantial verdict against each defendant. We allowed the YWCA's application for direct appellate review, thereby bringing Mandell's appeal here as well. We affirm the judgment...

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