SJC Targets Property Owners and Snow Removal Contractors.

The article reports that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in the case of Papadopoulos v. Target Corporation, making it clear that a property owner has a responsibility to exercise reasonable care to prevent the occurrence of defective or dangerous conditions on their properties. The court's ruling covers the accumulation of snow or ice, discarded banana peel and rust on a railing. Background on the case is provided.