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SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS, INC. v. MELENDEZ

SJC-13054.

488 Mass. 338 (2021)

SHAW'S SUPERMARKETS, INC. v. MARGARITA MELENDEZ.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 3, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristyn Dery Kaupas for the plaintiff.

Michael V. Caplette for the defendant.

Brendan G. Carney, Thomas R. Murphy, Kevin J. Powers, & J. Michael Conley, for Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

Margarita Melendez, the plaintiff in the underlying District Court case, commenced legal action against the defendant, a grocery store chain, after being injured inside one of its stores in a collision with a grocery cart, allegedly as a result of the negligence of one of the defendant's employees. The complaint was filed after the expiration...

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